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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Add macb support for SiFive FU540-C000
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Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:14:58 +0200
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On Jun 17 2019, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Jun 2019, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
>> On Jun 17 2019, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Looks to me that it shouldn't have an impact unless the DT string is 
>> > present, and even then, the impact might simply be that the MACB driver 
>> > may not work?
>> 
>> If the macb driver doesn't work you have an unusable system, of course.
>
> Why?

Because a system is useless without network.

Andreas.

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