[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] arm: pxa: always init ethaddr for LP-8x4x

[Sergei Ianovich]

On Sat, 2013-12-14 at 13:30 +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 06:41:58 AM, Sergei Ianovich wrote:
> > I always used tftp in my test, so the first dm9000 on LP-8x4x was
> > always properly initialized. However, if the boot doesn't include
> > network related commands, linux will not find a valid MAC and will
> > complain.
> > 
> Please pass the ethernet address via DT, will that not work for you ?

This will require a custom dtb object for every device recompiled every
time kernel is upgraded. The current way is to set once per device in
U-Boot environment variable, which doesn't need to change if kernel
changes.

I strongly believe the current way is easier.