Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4]: arm: Kirkwood: Set MAC address during registration for kirkwood egiga

Simon Kagstrom wrote:

This patch sets the MAC address during registration in addition to during device init. Since U-boot might not access the ethernet device, Linux might end up with the MAC address unset.

I think this violates U-boot policy of only touching hardware if it's used, but Wolfgang can say for sure. In general, initialize() functions should just set up data structures and register the device. There's a long history of MAC-address issues with ARM chips and Linux that I've happily stayed clear of so can't claim to be an expert here.

regards, Ben