[PATCH 10/17] bootwrapper: Add dt_set_mac_addresses().

Segher Boessenkool segher at kernel.crashing.org
Sat Mar 24 03:51:14 EST 2007


>>> I would have no objection to a patch for DTC that makes it treat "?"
>>> like "0".  This would probably make everyone happy.
>> Some nice poison pattern instead of 0 would be even
>> better.
>
> No, because that might break of_get_mac_address() which considers an 
> all-zero MAC address to be invalid.

If you want to default a certain field, you shouldn't set it
to ? ? ? ?, but to the default value you have in mind :-)


Segher




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