[U-Boot] [PATCH] net, fec_mxc: use mac address stored in env before looking in eeprom

[Detlev Zundel]

Hi Wolfgang,

>> Ok, but this driver initialize in fec_probe() (which gets called
>> through fecmxc_initialize() on uboot startup) always the fec mac
>> address registers with eeprom mac address. So, if uboot not uses
>
> The question to me is why fec_probe() is called at all, even in cases
> where U-Boot does not use any network related commands. This is IMO
> wrong. Eventually somebody comes up with patches to fix this?

As I said before, this is documented in doc/README.drivers.eth.  If you
want to change this, then maybe one should first fix the documentation
to know what is actually wanted.  I certainly have lost track of what is
wanted and what is sensible.

Cheers
  Detlev

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