[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 10/10 v2] [ARM] TQMA31: new kernel param. to pass the eth MAC addr to the Linux eth chip driver

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 12:44 Wed 09 Jul     , Mark Jonas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Some Linux drivers like the smc911x driver, as used on TQMA31, rely on the MAC address
> > in the appropriate register, but U-Boot resets the controller after every transfer.
> > A patch for the Linux driver is necessary to extract the MAC address from the kernel
> > boot parameter line and set the MAC address register accordingly.
> > This patch adds the kernel parameter "ethaddr" to the U-Boot default environment so that the
> > user cannot forget it.
> 
> Do you know the nwhwconf patch? We used it with a kernel 2.6.22 for
> Renesas SH3. It adds a kernel parameter nwhwconf and one of its
> options is to specify a hwaddr which is the MAC address to use. The
> Ethernet driver does not have to do anything other than to support the
> ethtool interface.
> 
> Example:
>   nwhwconf=device:eth0,hwaddr:12:34:56:78:90:ab
I allready point it.

Personnaly, until we can merge the arm in order to use FDT,
I prefer the nwhwconf patch done by Stuart from ST

Best Regards,
J.