Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [PATCH v2] ARM: LPC32xx: Ethernet driver | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:11:06 -0000 | From | "David Laight" <> |
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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 > 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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