[U-Boot] [PATCH] Adding support for DevKit8000

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Dirk Behme,

In message <4A897571.9090404 at googlemail.com> you wrote:
> 
> Wolfgang commented already most of the topics.

:-)

> So, only one comment left for me:

But a well spottet one, thanks!

> > +	/* Use OMAP DIE_ID as MAC address */
> > +	if (!eth_getenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", enetaddr)) {
> > +		enetaddr[0] = 0x02; /* locally administered */
> > +		enetaddr[1] = readl(&id_base->die_id_1) & 0xff;
> > +		*(u32*)&enetaddr[2] = readl(&id_base->die_id_0);

Who guarantess that &enetaddr[2] will be 32 bit aligned?
And hat does this machine do on unaligned accesses?

Frederik: Please fix this.

> > +		eth_setenv_enetaddr("ethaddr", enetaddr);
> > +	}
> 
> With the OMAP DIE_ID thread we know what you are doing here. But do we 
> want to have this really in mainline? It looks to me like a workaround 
> for broken hardware (that is, having no proper MAC address 
> configured)? Or do I miss anything?

Indeed. It's fishy at best.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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