[U-Boot] [RFC] - sanve the server's mac address...

Robin Getz rgetz at blackfin.uclinux.org
Thu Jul 9 22:03:42 CEST 2009


On Thu 9 Jul 2009 15:45, Wolfgang Denk pondered:
> Dear Robin Getz,
> 
> In message <200907091112.47264.rgetz at blackfin.uclinux.org> you wrote:
> > On Wed 8 Jul 2009 14:50, Robin Getz pondered:
> > > Linux's netconsole works much better when you can pass it the MAC
> > > address of the server. (otherwise it just uses broadcast, which
> > > everyone else on my network complains about :)
> > > 
> > > This sets the evn var "serveraddr" (to match ethaddr), so that you 
> > > can pass it to linux with whatever bootargs you want to....
> > > 
> > > addnetconsole=set bootargs $(bootargs) netconsole=@$(ipaddr)/eth0,@$(serverip)/$(serveraddr)
> > > 
> > > I'm sure this is white space damaged - but you get the idea...
> > 
> > Wolfgang - did you want me to push this through the Blackfin tree
> > (via Mike) or wait for Ben?
> 
> If at all 

?

Do you have some comments on it? - if so - that is that the RFC is for...

> this has to go through Ben and his tree. 
> 
> Note though that I don't think this is intended for inclusion yet -
> mind the "RFC" part in the subject.

I guess - what is the "reasonable" amount of time to wait for a comment before I just resend with a [PATCH] subject line?


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