[U-Boot] [PATCH 03/25] SPEAr: Place ethaddr write and read within CONFIG_CMD_NET

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Mar 26 15:15:01 CEST 2012


Dear Amit Virdi,

In message <4F7051AF.9080905 at st.com> you wrote:
> 
> Generally MAC addresses are stored in EEPROMs due to two reasons:
> 1. Special set of command sequences are required to erase data from an 
> EEPROM
> 2. EEPROMs are cheaper

Hm... With U-Boot, an EEPROM is just an additional wart, which costs
_extra_ money.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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