Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] mvgbe: remove setting of ethaddr within the driver

Dear Simon Guinot,

In message 20111110142152.GC29864@kw.sim.vm.gnt you wrote:

I can't list this boards exactly. For sure, I can say that the LaCie boards (netspace_v2 and cie) are concerned.

For this boards a random MAC address is used and the computation is performed by the driver mvgbe. If this code is simply removed, the network initialization for this boards will break.

I suspect a lot of Marvell boards from being in the same case.

Argh... I was not aware that the scope of damage already done was that big.

But no matter how we twist and turn it, this is a real problem that needs to be fixed, and the sooner we do it the better.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk