Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: LPC32xx: Ethernet driver

Hi,

On 02/28/2012 02:11 PM, David Laight wrote:

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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

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to use a hard coded default MAC address to be replaced by the final

one

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in userspace? (I found such examples in some current micrel/ and amd/

drivers.)

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

Yes, that's why we previously had a cmdline param for it (but removed it
upon request from the netdev maintainer).

So if the hardware defaults to 00:00:00:00:00:00, what is the
"consistent policy we want to enforce in all drivers"?

A link or hint would be sufficient.

Thanks in advance,

Roland