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Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 19 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 15 deletions
@@ -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 |