netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] net: e1000e: add MAC address kernel cmd line parameter

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Message-ID: <20190228153245.GA17912@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:32:45 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@...m.it>
Cc:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: e1000e: add MAC address kernel cmd line parameter

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 02:52:31PM +0100, Flavio Suligoi wrote:
> Sometimes, in some embedded systems boards (i.e. ARM boards),
> the NVM eeprom is not mounted, to save cost and space.
> 
> In this case it is necessary to bypass the NVM management
> and directly force the MAC address using a kernel command-line
> parameter (macaddr).

Hi Flavio

Why not use device tree, since this is an ARM platform?

    Andrew