[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 0/3] net: helper functions

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri May 11 23:14:25 CEST 2012


Dear Michael Walle,

In message <201205112254.13896.michael at walle.cc> you wrote:
>
> What about the rand function? I guess that should be two 
> compile time options
> 
> - CONFIG_RAND
> - CONFIG_RANDOM_HWADDR
> 
> Any better names?

Please make this a single option, CONFIG_RANDOM_MACADDR.  It appears
nobody else ever needed a random number before, and we can still
factor this out if another user pops up after another 12 years.

Eventually, also move the code together.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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