Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 21:05:11 -0700 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r220260 - head/sys/mips/atheros Message-ID: <BANLkTikH5LHpu87vDWU93yYNz8ofJBwkpQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201104020348.p323mFeb069365@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201104020348.p323mFeb069365@svn.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 20:48, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > Author: adrian > Date: Sat Apr 2 03:48:15 2011 > New Revision: 220260 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/220260 > > Log: > A handful of the openwrt devices use a MAC address that's at a hard-coded > offset in the flash. > > Some devices (eg the TPLink WR-1043ND) don't have a flash environment > partition which can be queried for the current board settings. > > This particular workaround allows for image creators to use a hint > to set the base MAC address. For example: > > hint.arge.0.eeprommac=0x1f01fc00 It isn't obvious from the wording here that it's the address of the MAC in flash, it sounds like it's the base MAC-address. Might be useful to add "phys" or "pa" or something to suggest that it's a physical address in RAM.help
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