On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 6:33 AM, René Griessl < rgriessl@cit-ec.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
Is there a reason you can't implement write_hwaddr() so that it will
behave like other NICs (u-boot is the highest priority source of the MAC address).
The AX88179 uses an external flash to store the MAC address. So for my
application I do not want the user to be able to change it, since it is a unique ID inside the server cluster.
I could add it as compiler option. Maybe it is even better to implement
my behavior as option, since it differs from standard.
The feature is not supposed to cause any change to the flash stored MAC address, but rather override it at run-time. It is only overridden if the user specifies a MAC in u-boot env. This should not be a build option, but just the way it always works.
I think it will be finished mid of january, so if it is OK for you in a
separate patch.
That's fine.
Thanks, -Joe