[PATCH] net: eth-uclass: Improve error message when MAC is not found

Lothar Waßmann LW at KARO-electronics.de
Fri Oct 20 08:57:14 CEST 2023


Hi,

On Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:57:20 -0300 Fabio Estevam wrote:
> From: Fabio Estevam <festevam at denx.de>
> 
> While bringinp up a new board without the MAC fuses programmed,
> the following error message was observed:
> 
> Error: ethernet at 30bf0000 address not set.
> 
> Improve the error message to make it clearer the reason of
> the failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <festevam at denx.de>
> ---
>  net/eth-uclass.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/eth-uclass.c b/net/eth-uclass.c
> index 4311f3fe6e89..1f0985ec52ca 100644
> --- a/net/eth-uclass.c
> +++ b/net/eth-uclass.c
> @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ static int eth_post_probe(struct udevice *dev)
>  		eth_env_set_enetaddr_by_index("eth", dev_seq(dev),
>  					      pdata->enetaddr);
>  #else
> -		printf("\nError: %s address not set.\n",
> +		printf("\nError: %s a valid MAC address was not found.\n",
>
printf("\nError: %s No valid MAC address found.\n",


Lothar Waßmann


More information about the U-Boot mailing list