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@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ Here are the places where MAC addresses might be stored:
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purpose of passing this information to an OS kernel we are about
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purpose of passing this information to an OS kernel we are about
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to boot
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to boot
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+Correct flow of setting up the MAC address (summarized):
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+1. Read from hardware in initialize() function
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+2. Read from environment in net/eth.c after initialize()
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+3. Give priority to the value in the environment if a conflict
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+4. Program hardware in the device's init() function.
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+If somebody wants to subvert the design philosophy, this can be done
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+in the board-specific board_eth_init() function by calling eth_init()
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+after all the NICs have been registered.
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