This fix macb driver broken by commit 56b555a644f3cbb1b3929cb52b61d3ce483885f5
what exactly broke ? drivers that are ported to NET_MULTI should *not* be getting the mac from the environment. and from what i can see, the macb driver is properly supporting the NET_MULTI setup.
looks to me like the existing code is correct and your new proposed code is not
Hmm. Since pointed commit Ethernet just stopped to work, at least on my board similar to SAM9260EK. Maybe someone else can confirm it?
Moreover, since that patch, when ethaddr is not set in the environment, and I set it from command line, I get this while trying to ping:
U-Boot> ping 192.168.2.1 macb0: link up, 100Mbps full-duplex (lpa: 0x45e1) *** ERROR: `ethaddr' not set macb0: link up, 100Mbps full-duplex (lpa: 0x45e1) ping failed; host 192.168.2.1 is not alive
do you have CONFIG_NET_MULTI defined ? if not, your board needs to switch over to it. -mike
I use configuration for at91sam9260ek board already present in U-Boot and CONFIG_NET_MULTI is defined there.
Andrzej