[U-Boot] [PATCH 05/12] da850: add support to read mac address from spi flash

Netagunte, Nagabhushana nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com
Tue Aug 9 16:08:38 CEST 2011


Denk,

Thanks for your response.

My response is in-lined.

Regards,
Nag

On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 21:53:42, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com,
> 
> In message <1312299792-16415-6-git-send-email-nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com> you wrote:
> > From: Nagabhushana Netagunte <nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com>
> > 
> > add misc_int_r function to read the mac address from SPI flash if env 
> > variable ethaddr is not set.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Prakash PM <prakash.pm at ti.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Nagabhushana Netagunte <nagabhushana.netagunte at ti.com>
> ...
> > +err_read:
> > +	/* cannot call free currently since the free function calls free() for
> > +	 * spi_flash structure though it is not directly allocated through
> > +	 * malloc()
> > +	 */
> 
> Incorrect multiline comment style.
> 
> > +int misc_init_r(void)
> > +{
> > +	uint8_t addr[10];
> > +	uchar enetaddr[6];
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	printf("ARM Clock : %d Hz\n", clk_get(DAVINCI_ARM_CLKID));
> 
> Please do not add unneeded output to the a;lways printed boot messages.  If you want tto provide this information to the user then add it as part of the "clock" command.
> 
Agree with you. It will be great if you can point me to the command you are referring to as I failed to locate the same.

> > +		sprintf((char *)enetaddr, "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
> > +			addr[0], addr[1], addr[2], addr[3], addr[4], addr[5]);
> 
> Why don't you simply use "%pM" here?
> 
Will make suggested change.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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