netdev - Re: [PATCH] arc_emac: write initial MAC address from devicetree to hw

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Date:	Thu, 1 May 2014 10:28:33 +0530
From:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:	Max Schwarz <max.schwarz@...ine.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arc_emac: write initial MAC address from devicetree to
 hw

On Friday 18 April 2014 05:47 AM, Max Schwarz wrote:
> I recently noticed this problem on the Radxa Rock board. I'm not
> sure how this has ever worked on other platforms, though. I can
> only receive broadcast packets without configuring the address.
> 
> Running ifconfig eth0 hw ether XYZ or applying the patch fixes
> the problem for me.

Our rcS script would always do a ifconfig hw, hence we didn't run into this. We
have used this driver in one of our FPGA boards for several years.

-Vineet
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