Re: [U-Boot] net, kirkwood_egiga: init mac address before using network commands

Hello Heiko,

initialize mac address with the value from "ethaddr", before doing some network commands. This is not in line with u-boot design principle "not to initalize not used devices", and maybe should go away, if there is a solution for passing the mac address to arm linux kernels.

Tested on the suen3 board.

Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher hs@denx.de

Acked-by: Detlev Zundel dzu@denx.de

My question about why doing this can negatively effect U-Boot still stands.

I also actively request the U-Boot community to give feedback here - after all, this _is_ a community project and fixing real problems is one of the main tasks of a bootloader.

Cheers Detlev