[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] net: Print error message upon net usage when no ethernet-interface is found

This patch fixes a problem seen on PPC4xx boards, when no MAC address is defined. Then no ethernet interface is available but a simple "tftp" command will return without any error message which is quite confusing.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese sr@denx.de --- net/eth.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c index 62297ab..16a6dcb 100644 --- a/net/eth.c +++ b/net/eth.c @@ -441,8 +441,10 @@ int eth_init(bd_t *bis) { struct eth_device* old_current;
- if (!eth_current) + if (!eth_current) { + puts ("No ethernet found.\n"); return -1; + }
old_current = eth_current; do {

In message 1204648841-370-1-git-send-email-sr@denx.de you wrote:
This patch fixes a problem seen on PPC4xx boards, when no MAC address is defined. Then no ethernet interface is available but a simple "tftp" command will return without any error message which is quite confusing.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese sr@denx.de
Applied, thanks.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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