Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756546Ab1CRSZZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:25:25 -0400 Received: from opensource.wolfsonmicro.com ([80.75.67.52]:47297 "EHLO opensource2.wolfsonmicro.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753937Ab1CRSZU (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:25:20 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:25:18 +0000 From: Mark Brown To: David Anders Cc: "andy.green@linaro.org" , Andy Green , Arnd Bergmann , Greg KH , Grant Likely , "devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org" , Nicolas Pitre , Linux USB list , lkml Subject: Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets Message-ID: <20110318182518.GA2271@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> References: <4D83A25C.804@ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D83A25C.804@ti.com> X-Cookie: You will be awarded some great honor. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 670 Lines: 14 On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 01:20:12PM -0500, David Anders wrote: > if you grep in drivers/net you will find a wide range of network > devices that use the random_ether_addr() function: This is a slightly different case to the one where device tree is most useful which is the case where there is a MAC assigned to the system but it's been stored in an alternative location and needs to be programmed into the NIC by software. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/