linux-kernel - Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets

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Message-ID: <20110318182518.GA2271@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:25:18 +0000
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	David Anders <x0132446@...com>
Cc:	"andy.green@...aro.org" <andy.green@...aro.org>,
	Andy Green <andy@...mcat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	"devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org" 
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
	Linux USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 01:20:12PM -0500, David Anders wrote:

> if you grep in drivers/net you will find a wide range of network
> devices that use the random_ether_addr() function:

This is a slightly different case to the one where device tree is most
useful which is the case where there is a MAC assigned to the system but
it's been stored in an alternative location and needs to be programmed
into the NIC by software.
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