[PATCH v2] ARM: LPC32xx: Ethernet driver
David Laight
David.Laight at ACULAB.COM
Tue Feb 28 08:11:06 EST 2012
> 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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