[U-Boot] [PATCH 22/27] pcs440ep: get mac address from environment and move load_sernum_ethaddr() to board init

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Mike Frysinger,

In message <200902182046.01290.vapier at gentoo.org> you wrote:
>
> ive pushed up to my macaddr branch.  the changes are:
>  - rebased against latest master mainline master
>  - expanded vprintf() changelog a bit
>  - squashed the ppc load_sernum_ethaddr() changes into 1 commit
>  - fixed the return value in eth_getenv_enetaddr()
>  - fixed bugs in the net cdp code pointed out in 2nd patch series

Thanks.  Unfortunately the first patch in the series (the printf
extension) breaks some board - I just did a small test and got this:

Configuring for TQM860L board...
/home/wd/git/u-boot/next/board/tqc/tqm8xx/u-boot.lds:145 cannot move
location counter backwards (from 40008088 to 40008000)
make: *** [u-boot] Error 1
ppc_8xx-size: './u-boot': No such file


Mike - do you want to fix the loader script, or do you want the board
maintainer to do that (i. e. me) ?

I think we should do these changes BEFORE appplying your patch
series (to avoid bisect issues), what do you think?


Note (especially to Jean-Christophe who asked): 

I measured the size impact of the printf changes; a short scan on
seven PowerPC boards showed an average size increase of 1.6 kB:

Board		Diff	old	new
TQM8260		1168 : 189520 190688
TQM5200		1152 : 690468 691620
ads5121		1168 : 264816 265984
ocotea		1256 : 313444 314700
sequoia		1256 : 703404 704660
MPC8572DS	1236 : 487457 488693
MPC8641HPCN	4064 : 463916 467980
		AVRG: 1614


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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