[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/2] net: Add a command to access the EEPROM from ethernet devices

[Marek Vasut]

On Thursday, October 09, 2014 at 01:42:49 PM, Alban Bedel wrote:
> Many ethernet devices use an EEPROM to store various settings, most
> commonly the device MAC address. But on some devices it can contains
> a lot more, for example USB device might also have many USB related
> parameters.
> 
> This commit add a set of commands to read/write this EEPROM, write a
> default configuration and read/write the device MAC address. The
> defaults command allow priming the EEPROM for devices that need more
> than just a MAC address in the EEPROM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alban Bedel <alban.bedel at avionic-design.de>

I will not comment on the code yet, but would like to discuss the concept
instead. I wonder, can we not have a more generic command here? One which
can manage the ethernet device altogether, not just adjust it's eeprom?
Something like 'ethtool' in Linux ...

What do you think please ?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut