[U-Boot] Modifying IP&mac address

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sunday 01 July 2012 05:29:15 Ran Shalit wrote:
> I would like to ask your advise concerning modifying ip address:
> I need to modify ip address and ethernet address according to some
> hardware input in application. This change can be done in u-boot or
> linux.
> When I consider where is the best place to set the ip/mac address (
> u-boot or linux), I also take into account that I will work with NFS
> in debug stage.
> Now, as far as I understand, If I will modify the ip/mac in linux
> instead of u-boot, it can be a problem when working with NFS, becuase
> NFS need constant ip address and ethernet.
> Is it a problem to make this changes in linux if working with NFS or
> should it be done in u-boot only ?

if you store the IP/mac address in u-boot's environment, there are utils to 
update u-boot's environment from under linux.  look under tools/env/.
-mike
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