On Tuesday 08 November 2011 02:32:59 Prafulla Wadaskar wrote:
On some boards, using mvbge random mac generation is needed since there is no eeprom to hold this. Further practically it is not possible to hardcode mac address and recompile, nor it is suggested to have any mac/ip/server address definition in board config files.
Random mac address helps to resolve dhcp issues with more similar boards in the same network in such cases and will be applicable for any board.
Your patch is clean to abstract out mac randomization, on the other hand you should not remove the support for other boards which are already using it.
May be some more patches on the top to move support in board/arch specific files are needed. (if framework can not be entertained)
i'm not the one to convince. i think Wolfgang addressed these already and still said no. -mike