[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] net: e1000: support 'write_hwaddr' in DM

Bin Meng bmeng.cn at gmail.com
Sat Nov 24 15:30:47 UTC 2018


Hi Hannes,

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 3:34 PM Hannes Schmelzer <hannes at schmelzer.or.at> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 30.10.2018 13:06, Hannes Schmelzer wrote:
> >
> > On 10/30/2018 09:13 AM, Bin Meng wrote:
> >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:25 PM Hannes Schmelzer
> >> <hannes.schmelzer at br-automation.com> wrote:
> >>> This commit ports the existing (non-DM) function for writing the MAC-
> >>> address into the shadow ram (and flash) for DM.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Hannes Schmelzer <hannes.schmelzer at br-automation.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> Changes in v2:
> >>> - fix build for non-DM board
> >>> - rebase on current master
> >>>
> >>>   drivers/net/e1000.c | 89
> >>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> >>>   1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >> FYI
> >>
> >> I was trying to port the most recent Linux kernel e1000e driver to
> >> U-Boot. Current e1000 driver in U-Boot is way out of sync to Linux
> >> kernel and it has many many ad-hoc hacks here and there to support
> >> newer Intel NICs.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Bin
> > good to know. is this work still in progress ? maybe i should wait
> > with my changes.
> > pls let me know if there will be some progress next time, otherwise i
> > will move on to bring in my changes as planned.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Hannes
> Bin,
>
> do you plan to have some progress next time or should i move on with my
> changes?

Please move on with your changes. I did not have enough time to
continue the e1000e driver port.

Regards,
Bin


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