[U-Boot-Users] [RFC][PATCH 1/1] Add board_eth_init() function

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <200803220731.23229.sr at denx.de> you wrote:
> 
> I would prefer to move this init code not into the board code but into the 
> platform/cpu code. Speaking for PPC4xx, here all configuration I know of have 
> the same init code. And copying this into all board ports instead on one 
> place in the cpu directory seems "imperfect".

But the ethernet configuration *is* actually bord dependent. A  board
may  or  may  not  use  all  the  ethernet  interfaces  present  on a
processor, or it may have additional network controllers attached for
example to the PCI bus, etc.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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