[PATCHv2] am33xx: cpsw: default to ethernet hwaddr from efuse if not defined in dt

Mugunthan V N mugunthanvnm at ti.com
Fri Jan 18 16:14:34 EST 2013


On 1/18/2013 3:48 AM, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> When booting with CONFIG_ARM_APPENDED_DTB (either because of using an old
> U-Boot, not wanting the hassle of 2 files or when using Falcon fast boot
> mode in U-Boot), nothing updates the ethernet hwaddr specified for the
> CPSW slaves, causing the driver to use a random hwaddr, which is some times
> troublesome.
>
> The am33xx has unique ethernet hwaddrs programmed in the efuse, so it makes
> more sense to default to these rather than random ones. Add a fixup step
> which adds mac-address dt properties using the efuse addresses if the DTB
> didn't contain valid ones.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet at sunsite.dk>
>

This implementation looks fine.
Acked-by: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm at ti.com>

Regards
Mugunthan V N


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