RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets

Andy Green andy at warmcat.com
Sat Mar 19 08:17:03 EST 2011


On 03/18/2011 09:11 PM, Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> On Friday 18 March 2011, Andy Green wrote:
>> In which case, they are all potential consumers of a MAC "stored in an
>> alternative location and needs to be programmed into the NIC by
>> software" solution, which he also thinks is needed.
>
> Note that there is also of_get_mac_address(), which is meant to
> deal with this exact problem.

Curiously grep finds it in 7 drivers...

Oh it only solves any problem if you are using Open Firmware, like 
almost everything is not using.

I see.

-Andy




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