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authorTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2015-05-20 15:57:55 -0400
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2015-05-20 15:57:55 -0400
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@@ -2110,18 +2110,6 @@ 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
@@ -2876,8 +2864,8 @@ 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
@@ -5626,7 +5614,8 @@ o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
warning is printed.
o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
- is raised.
+ is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
+ a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This