[U-Boot-Users] bootloader MAC

[Rune Torgersen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NZG
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 18:16
> On Thursday 08 June 2006 5:58 pm, Rune Torgersen wrote:
> > Do the same. Pass the MAC to the kernel and let the driver 
> init set the MAC
> > to the hardware
> Why is this a superior approach?

It is not necessarily superior, but works.
One situation it is better (not that I have seen this used) is if the
ethernet driver needs to reset the hardware ethernet. If it doesn't know
the MAC, you are now without a MAC address.

It also means you depend on the state of the hardware. You cannot jut
issue a full reset to the etherner chip, and set it up fully from there.