[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] Enable ULi1575 Ethernet support in 8610HPCD config

Scott Wood scottwood at freescale.com
Thu Nov 15 19:02:48 CET 2007


On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 08:03:15AM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> Zang Roy-r61911 wrote:
> 
> > I intend to keep RTL8139 and Intel EEPR100. They work on the board and
> > can provide extra choices except the on board Ethernet port. 

Is there any reason one wouldn't want to use the on-board ethernet port?

> Well, the board config files should match what's on the board.  We don't
> ship the board with an RTL or Intel NIC, therefore the config file should
> not enable them.  With your logic, we should just enable ALL of the NICs
> that work.
> 
> If a customer inserts an RTL or Intel NIC, he can add those lines if he
> wants.  Otherwise, all you're doing is bloating the binary.

Hmm, weren't you scrounging around for a certain kind of PCI NIC that
your 8610 board's u-boot image supported not too long ago?

Wouldn't it have been nice if they built in support for a few of
the most common ones? :-)

-Scott




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