[U-Boot-Users] smc911x: cannot pass the MAC address from U-Boot to the Linux driver via chip registers

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <482DA51D.7070705 at tqs.de> you wrote:
> 
> in the smc911x U-Boot driver the call of eth_halt() causes a reset of 
> the ethernet controller. This also resets the MAC address in the 
> according chip registers. This makes it impossible to pass the MAC 
> address to an ARM kernel because the smc911x linux driver reads the MAC 
> address from the MAC registers and complains if the found values are 
> invalid.

You should have searched the  archives  and  possible  read  the  FAQ
before posting. This has been discussed a zillion times before.

> Any ideas to solve this problem, e.g.

Pass it with the kernel's boot arguments.

...or implement FDT support for ARM.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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