26 Mar
2012
26 Mar
'12
3:15 p.m.
Dear Amit Virdi,
In message 4F7051AF.9080905@st.com you wrote:
Generally MAC addresses are stored in EEPROMs due to two reasons:
- Special set of command sequences are required to erase data from an
EEPROM 2. EEPROMs are cheaper
Hm... With U-Boot, an EEPROM is just an additional wart, which costs _extra_ money.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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