[U-Boot] [PATCH v6] Add support for the digsy MTC board.
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Fri Mar 13 14:47:37 CET 2009
Dear Grzegorz Bernacki,
In message <49BA2C42.5080903 at semihalf.com> you wrote:
>
> > Is such a scenario (MAC address split across 2 different EEPROM
> > devices) possible (and supported) on these systems?
>
> I think it is possible, cause whole eeprom is threated as a one continuous
> area. Moreover, this function is called only if ethaddr environment variable
> is not set, so not very often. I don't think optimizing it is worth risk of
> reading incorrect ethernet address.
You mean, there is actually only *one* phyical EEPROM chip on the
board? Then the I2C driver is supposed to support reading / writing
accross page boundaries.
If you are sure it doesn't work on this board, then the driver needs
fixing.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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