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| author | Vipin KUMAR <vipin.kumar@st.com> | 2012-05-07 13:06:41 +0530 |
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| committer | Albert ARIBAUD <albert.u.boot@aribaud.net> | 2012-07-07 14:07:40 +0200 |
| commit | 8026b1e42f533f14115bb629efeaaedec6eaf23b (patch) | |
| tree | b2e11daec61a70f7223cd50cb951439ef4a02876 /doc | |
| parent | 70fdbefc6c50010cc56196b65a233369d2b2ce68 (diff) | |
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SPEAr: Place ethaddr write and read within CONFIG_CMD_NET
ethaddr can be optionally read from i2c memory. So, chip_config command supports
reading/writing hw mac id into i2c memory. Placing this code within
CONFIG_CMD_NET as this would only be needed when network interface is configured
Signed-off-by: Vipin Kumar <vipin.kumar@st.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Virdi <amit.virdi@st.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.spear | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.spear b/doc/README.spear index a8b1052..a6ff7fd 100644 --- a/doc/README.spear +++ b/doc/README.spear @@ -46,3 +46,11 @@ Further options make FLASH=PNOR (supported by SPEAr310 and SPEAr320) - This option generates a uboot image that supports emi controller for CFI compliant parallel NOR flash + +Mac id storage and retrieval in spear platforms + +Please read doc/README.enetaddr for the implementation guidelines for mac id +usage. Basically, environment has precedence over board specific storage. The +ethaddr beeing used for the network interface is always taken only from +environment variables. Although, we can check the mac id programmed in i2c +memory by using chip_config command |