[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] Program net device MAC addresses after initializing

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Ben Warren,

In message <1272261030-9419-1-git-send-email-biggerbadderben at gmail.com> you 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.

Thanks.

> +If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
> +will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process.  This
> +may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
> +The naming convention is as follows:
> +"eth0macskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.

Would it not be more consistent to use "ethmacskip" instead of
"eth0macskip" similar to using "ethaddr" (instead of "eth0addr") ?

The majority of boards still has only a single Ethernet interface
anyway.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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