[U-Boot-Users] Device tree and u-boot passing MAC addressquestions

[Timur Tabi]

Joe Hamman wrote:

> I recently encountered the same problem.  By using the 'fdt b' command, I
> was able to see that the MAC addresses were not being filled in prior to
> calling the kernel.

Most device tree properties are not filled in until you execute the bootm 
command.  The MAC address is one such property.

> Adding aliases to the dtb file fixed my problem. (Search the mailing
> lists...)

It looks like U-Boot was updated before the device trees were updated.  When the 
code for aliases was added to U-Boot, the code for older device trees should not 
have been removed.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale