From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 31 06:56:30 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55EBC909 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:56:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gonzo@id.bluezbox.com) Received: from id.bluezbox.com (id.bluezbox.com [88.198.91.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA6CE8FC14 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:56:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [207.6.244.1] (helo=[192.168.1.64]) by id.bluezbox.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.77 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1TTSDy-000PJh-9f; Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:56:28 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: Raspberry PI From: Oleksandr Tymoshenko In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:56:09 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <50909DBE.2060408@bluezbox.com> To: Warner Losh X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) Sender: gonzo@id.bluezbox.com X-Spam-Level: -- X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "id.bluezbox.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see The administrator of that system for details. Content preview: On 2012-10-30, at 9:23 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > > On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote: >>> 3. Ethernet mac address random change every time boot-up? It may due to >>> uboot or firmware issue - apologize if it's OT. >> It's FreeBSD problem that requires somewhat wider solution then hacking one network driver. > > Why aren't we just getting the MAC address from the FDT? Isn't that how Linux passes it in? [...] Content analysis details: (-2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.0 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Cc: Kang Yin Su , "freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 06:56:30 -0000 On 2012-10-30, at 9:23 PM, Warner Losh wrote: >=20 > On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:40 PM, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote: >>> 3. Ethernet mac address random change every time boot-up? It may due = to >>> uboot or firmware issue - apologize if it's OT. >> It's FreeBSD problem that requires somewhat wider solution then = hacking one network driver. >=20 > Why aren't we just getting the MAC address from the FDT? Isn't that = how Linux passes it in? The problem is not getting MAC address from u-boot but to deliver it to = if_smsc in non-hackish way. We have several drivers that get their MAC addresses from boot loaders = and I think we need to=20 unify the way they discover available addresses.=20=