[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] net: Update hardware MAC address if it changes in env

[Joe Hershberger]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com> wrote:
> On 03/30/2015 08:08 PM, Joe Hershberger wrote:
>> Hi Michal,
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 2:41 AM, Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> When the ethaddr changes in the env, the hardware should also be updated
>>> so that MAC filtering will work properly without resetting U-Boot.
>>>
>>> Also remove the manual calls to set the hwaddr that was included in a
>>> few drivers as a result of the framework not doing it.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Changes in v2:
>>> -Implement the check in non-DM eth_initialize also
>>> -Use static helper function in DM case
>>>
>>>  drivers/net/bcm-sf2-eth.c |  6 ----
>>>  drivers/net/designware.c  |  4 ---
>>>  drivers/net/macb.c        |  9 ------
>>>  net/eth.c                 | 76
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>>>  4 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>>
>> Does this sufficiently resolve the issue you have?
>
> I wouldn't say it was my issue. It was more about asking what's the
> right thing to do.
> But anyway I have tested it with our ethernet driver and it is working fine.
>
> I have applied it on the top of u-boot-dm/next.
>
> Tested-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek at xilinx.com>

Applied to u-boot-net/next!
-Joe