[PATCH 1/2] ti: Do not try to read the mac address if no NET is enabled

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Mon Sep 1 20:24:09 CEST 2025


On Mon, Sep 01, 2025 at 04:06:04PM +0000, Maarten Brock wrote:

> It is pointless to fetch the mac address if it will never be used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maarten Brock <maarten.brock at sttls.nl>
> ---
> 
>  board/ti/am335x/board.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

The problem with doing this is I believe that we pass this information
on to the linux kernel, which at least in the past has assumed it would
be provided correctly by us, even if U-Boot didn't use the networking.
These fuses will always be populated so it's not a problem to be reading
them.

-- 
Tom
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