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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] ARM: LPC32xx: Ethernet driver
Hi,

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

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


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