[PATCH 19/20] bootwrapper: Only print MAC addresses when the node	is actually present.
    David Gibson 
    david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
       
    Tue Aug 21 13:20:24 EST 2007
    
    
  
On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 12:40:11PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> Some firmwares (such as PlanetCore) only provide a base MAC address, and
> expect the kernel to set certain bits to generate the addresses for the
> other ports.  As such, MAC addresses are generated that may not correspond
> to actual hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood at freescale.com>
Seems a reasonable idea for robustness.
Acked-by: David Gibson <david at gibson.dropbear.id.au>
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