Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver

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From: Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@...>

To: David Miller <davem@...>

Cc: <linux-arm-kernel@...>, <netdev@...>

Subject: Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver

Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 3:15 pm

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 06:23:36AM -0700, David Miller wrote:
quoted text> That's what NVRAM, CMOS, EEPROM's and other writable long-term
> storage areas are for.

quoted text> To be quite honest with you, any ethernet device that doesn't
> have an EEPROM where the chip instance's ethernet address is
> stored is completely broken.

If that is the case, pretty much every SOHO NAS device (running
linux + samba) being sold in your nearest IT shop is completly
broken.

In such machines, typically the mac address is stored in bootloader's
configuration area in NOR/NAND flash.

--=20
"rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups

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[PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Ilya Yanok, (Tue Mar 10, 10:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Stephen Hemminger, (Wed Mar 11, 12:18 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Michael Cashwell, (Thu Mar 12, 9:41 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 10:05 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Robert Schwebel, (Fri Mar 13, 3:49 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Fri Mar 13, 4:12 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 2:02 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 10:26 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Wed Mar 11, 4:44 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Wed Mar 11, 4:49 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Wed Mar 11, 4:56 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Stephen Hemminger, (Wed Mar 11, 8:13 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 6:41 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 8:55 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 10:21 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 11:12 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Mike (mwester), (Thu Mar 12, 4:24 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 8:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 12:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 1:49 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 2:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 3:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 3:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 3:05 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 5:59 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 8:16 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 7:42 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 8:21 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Fri Mar 13, 6:30 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 3:29 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Thu Mar 12, 3:14 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 1:43 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 1:52 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 2:06 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 2:48 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Thu Mar 12, 3:04 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Wolfgang Denk, (Thu Mar 12, 4:14 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Russell King - ARM Linux, (Thu Mar 12, 4:35 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Thu Mar 12, 4:27 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Christer Weinigel, (Thu Mar 12, 3:21 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Neil Horman, (Thu Mar 12, 3:16 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Jamie Lokier, (Thu Mar 12, 3:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Dan Williams, (Thu Mar 12, 2:39 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 11:01 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Thu Mar 12, 10:34 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Russell King - ARM Linux, (Wed Mar 11, 5:33 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Wed Mar 11, 4:57 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Wolfgang Denk, (Wed Mar 11, 5:09 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Wed Mar 11, 9:23 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Riku Voipio, (Wed Mar 11, 3:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, David Miller, (Wed Mar 11, 8:44 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Robert Schwebel, (Wed Mar 11, 2:23 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Dan Williams, (Wed Mar 11, 10:00 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Sascha Hauer, (Wed Mar 11, 6:35 am)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver, Eric Dumazet, (Wed Mar 11, 12:00 am)

[PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver (updated), Ilya Yanok, (Wed Mar 11, 7:33 pm)

Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver (upda..., David Miller, (Thu Mar 12, 2:29 am)

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