linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] ARM: LPC32xx: Ethernet driver

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Message-ID: <AE90C24D6B3A694183C094C60CF0A2F6026B6E83@saturn3.aculab.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:11:06 -0000
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Roland Stigge" <stigge@...com.de>, <baruch@...s.co.il>
Cc:	<alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>, <ian.campbell@...rix.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	"Kevin Wells" <kevin.wells@....com>,
	"Wolfram Sang" <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	<jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] ARM: LPC32xx: Ethernet driver

 
> Thanks for the note! I actually found out that in many cases, the
> bootloader already initialized the hardware with the target 
> MAC address so we can use this one.
> 
> For the case that it _isn't_ initialized already, is it the right
thing
> to use a hard coded default MAC address to be replaced by the final
one
> in userspace? (I found such examples in some current micrel/ and amd/
drivers.)

Using a fixed address is a very bad idea ...

	David


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