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author | Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> | 2012-07-30 20:39:52 +0200 |
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committer | Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> | 2012-07-30 20:39:52 +0200 |
commit | b98b611502f5e0a85a1f8e15cf46c470cb105614 (patch) | |
tree | cafae797ef1f031088e7a988d8e1eaa36ea016a3 /doc/README.enetaddr | |
parent | 190649fb4309d1bc0fe7732fd0f951cb6440f935 (diff) | |
parent | 15ae8a31ca5d3860b0957edec4fca373daff6bb5 (diff) | |
download | u-boot-b98b611502f5e0a85a1f8e15cf46c470cb105614.tar.gz |
Merge branch 'next' of git://git.denx.de/u-boot
* 'next' of git://git.denx.de/u-boot:
MPC8xx: Fixup warning in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/cpu.c
doc: cleanup - move board READMEs into respective board directories
net: sh_eth: add support for SH7757's GETHER
net: sh_eth: modify the definitions of regsiter
net: sh_eth: add SH_ETH_TYPE_ condition
net: sh_eth: clean up for the SH7757's code
net: fec_mxc: Fix MDC for xMII
net: fec_mxc: Fix setting of RCR for xMII
net: nfs: make NFS_TIMEOUT configurable
net: Inline the new eth_setenv_enetaddr_by_index function
net: allow setting env enetaddr from net device setting
net/designware: Consecutive writes to the same register to be avoided
CACHE: net: asix: Fix asix driver to work with data cache on
net: phy: micrel: make ksz9021 phy accessible
net: abort network initialization if the PHY driver fails
phylib: phy_startup() should return an error code on failure
net: tftp: fix type of block arg to store_block
Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/README.enetaddr')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/README.enetaddr | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.enetaddr b/doc/README.enetaddr index 2d8e24f5cb..1eaeaf9416 100644 --- a/doc/README.enetaddr +++ b/doc/README.enetaddr @@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ Correct flow of setting up the MAC address (summarized): 1. Read from hardware in initialize() function 2. Read from environment in net/eth.c after initialize() -3. Give priority to the value in the environment if a conflict +3. The environment variable will be compared to the driver initialized + struct eth_device->enetaddr. If they differ, a warning is printed, and the + environment variable will be used unchanged. + If the environment variable is not set, it will be initialized from + eth_device->enetaddr, and a warning will be printed. 4. Program the address into hardware if the following conditions are met: a) The relevant driver has a 'write_addr' function b) The user hasn't set an 'ethmacskip' environment variable |