[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 04/17] SPEAr : Placing ethaddr write and read within CONFIG_CMD_NET

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri May 7 00:28:58 CEST 2010


Dear Vipin KUMAR,

In message <4BE24179.6010608 at st.com> you wrote:
>
> I get your point. Though, I believe, educating the user about the mac id
> storage behavior is the solution in this case.
> Moreover, ethaddr is not set in environment variables by default. So,

Yes, it is. Please see the docs.

> the decision remains with the user as to where he wants to store the
> ethaddr environment. This command has been introduced to report and save
> mac id in i2c memory.
> I would add a section regarding mac id storage and reporting in README.spear

Please don't create any special behaviour. Do like everybody else.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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