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authorJoe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>2015-05-04 14:55:14 -0500
committerJoe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>2015-05-19 13:33:21 -0500
commit92ac520821405e196c920d60921bdfa5ab6b878c (patch)
tree64331eefb4a40a516281e4c9938c40953781c6bf /README
parentbef1014b31c5b33052bcaa865ba3618d73e906f0 (diff)
downloadu-boot-92ac520821405e196c920d60921bdfa5ab6b878c.tar.gz
net: Remove all references to CONFIG_ETHADDR and friends
We really don't want boards defining fixed MAC addresses in their config so we just remove the option to set it in a fixed way. If you must have a MAC address that was not provisioned, then use the random MAC address functionality. Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 5cbb39b93f..a1f41f3519 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2107,18 +2107,6 @@ CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support
Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
command issued before MII status register can be read
-- Ethernet address:
- CONFIG_ETHADDR
- CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
- CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
- CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
- CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
- CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
-
- Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
- for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
- is not determined automatically.
-
- IP address:
CONFIG_IPADDR
@@ -2873,8 +2861,8 @@ CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support
completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
these parameters.
- Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
- _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
+ Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
+ default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains