[U-Boot] [PATCH] net/eth.c call dev->write_hwaddr in eth_init

[John Rigby]

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> and if you read the doumentation, you'll see that you're mistaken.  whatever
> device you're dealing with (today) is missing a call to its own write_hwaaddr
> function inside of its own init function.
>
> if you want to fix your immediate issue, then fix that driver as implied by
> the policy.  if you want to improve the policy, then you need to update all
> the drivers and the common code.
> -mike
>
Apologies, I get it now.  I will send a new patch that fixes the
driver's init routine.

One more question however, why does eth_initialize call dev->write_hwaddr?

Thanks
John