[RFC RFT PATCH v1 0/1] ARM: orion5x: convert D-Link DNS-323 to the Device Tree

[Andrew Lunn]

> > - there is no concensus on how to get ascii formatted MAC address from mtd
> >   partitions so eth is not fully functional without setting the MAC from
> >   userspace
> 
> Ideally this is handled by the boot loader, but that requires being
> able to update
> it.

The mv643xx Ethernet driver is happy if it finds the MAC address
already in the hardware. The vendor uboot often does this. Does tftp
boot work in uboot? That would indicate it has access to the MAC
address.

	Andrew