ppcboot 2.0.0 + ppclinux2.4.devel, network weirdo

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <BA0E4392AD99D040885C414D992C24BE03615100 at us-bv-m11> you wrote:
>
> Are you using kernel code supplied by MontaVista (MV)? I had the same
> problem;
> we are using MontaVista 3.0 for the Ebony board, and I had trouble with
> the interface from u-boot 0.2.0 to the MV kernel. The MV code is very
> specific to the bootrom supplied by IBM; that bootrom is "custom" to each
> unique Ebony board, because the 2 MAC addresses are stored at the end of the
> bootrom (that's the "VPD" area). I had to modify 3 MV files to get the MAC
> address passed in from u-boot to be used by the MV kernel
> (kernel/arch/ppc/platforms/ebony.c,
> kernel/include/asm-ppc/ibm440.h, and kernel/include/asm-ppc/ibm4xx.h). I
> have attached
> my patches for these files.

You have always the option to completely ignore such dfaults and  use
the  mechanisms  available  in  U-Boot,  for example just storing the
addresses in U-Boot environment variables (like  95%  of  all  boards
do).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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