[U-Boot] [RFC] Program net device MAC addresses after initializing

[Heiko Schocher]

Hello Ben,

Ben Warren wrote:
> Add a new function to the eth_device struct for programming a network
> controller's hardware address.
> 
> After all network devices have been initialized and the proper MAC address for
> each has been determined, make a device driver call to program the address
> into the device.  Only device instances with valid unicast addresses will be
> programmed.
> 
> This is a significant departure from existing U-boot behavior, but costs very
> little in startup time and addresses a very common complaint among developers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben at gmail.com>

Acked-by: Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de>

bye
Heiko
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