[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] smc911x: do net reset the chip if no EEPROM is connected

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Thu Apr 9 00:00:40 CEST 2009


On Wednesday 08 April 2009 07:23:39 Daniel Mack wrote:
> On boards without EEPROMs, don't reset the chip on U-Boot's exit so that
> the MAC set by environment settings can be used by the OS later.

that isnt how the MAC is passed to the OS ... this change is incorrect

the OS must be able to get the MAC address regardless of the state of the 
network controller
-mike
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