[U-Boot] [PATCH][Net] Write MAC address automatically on MACB-based boards

[Ben Warren]

Hi Alexander,

On 6/2/2010 2:44 AM, Alexander Stein wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> Am Dienstag, 1. Juni 2010 21:03:51 schrieb Ben Warren:
>    
>> Also, remove all calls to eth_init() in boards that use MACB
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Warren<biggerbadderben at gmail.com>
>>      
> After cherry-picking ecee9324d73555e744593f3e0d387bec4c566f55 in my v2010.3
> based tree and removing eth_init in reset_phy there is no boot delay due to
> resetting the phy which is done in *_macb_hw_init.
> Also the MAC address is programmed into hardware and doesn't need to be set by
> ifconfig eth0 hw ether ${MAC}
> One side note, but this shouldn't matter at all: I tested this on my own
> board, not on of the boards with in-tree support in u-boot
>
> Tested-by: Alexander Stein<alexander.stein at systec-electronic.com>
>
>    
Beautiful!  I'm glad this worked out for you.  If I don't receive any 
negative feedback, this patch will make it into the next release.
> Best regards
> Alexander
>    
regards,
Ben