linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

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Message-Id: <20090527.135500.217447785.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 27 May 2009 13:55:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	timur@...escale.com
Cc:	scottwood@...escale.com, rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk,
	jacmet@...site.dk, r.schwebel@...gutronix.de,
	devicetree-discuss@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.arm.linux.org.uk, yuan-bo.ye@...orola.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

From: Timur Tabi <timur@...escale.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:27:57 -0500

> I asked what do drivers do when the MAC address is not in the OF
> tree, and it is not programmed in hardware (any hardware).

They either fail to probe the device or use a random MAC address,
the later of which is severely frowned upon.
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