[RFC] [PATCH] Device Tree on ARM platform

[Timur Tabi]

David Miller wrote:

> It depends.  Some devices have EEPROM's that store the permanently
> assigned MAC address, some have NVRAM for this, and yet other's put it
> into the PCI ROM.

Well, I specifically said "isn't already programmed in the hardware".  I wasn't talking about just the NIC.  

> Some platforms that have real OF device trees often do not put the
> permanent MAC address into the EEPROM or NVRAM even if it is
> customary to do so on a particular device.  The MAC has to be
> obtained from the OF device tree.

Sorry, you're not answering my question.  I asked what do drivers do when the MAC address is not in the OF tree, and it is not programmed in hardware (any hardware).

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale