From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: andy.green@linaro.org
Subject: Re: RFC: Platform data for onboard USB assets
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:11:36 +0100
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On Friday 18 March 2011, Andy Green wrote:
> In which case, they are all potential consumers of a MAC "stored in an 
> alternative location and needs to be programmed into the NIC by 
> software" solution, which he also thinks is needed.

Note that there is also of_get_mac_address(), which is meant to
deal with this exact problem.

	Arnd
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