On 03/25/2011 02:50 PM, Somebody in the thread at some point said:
On Friday 25 March 2011, Andy Green wrote:
I see. It would work OK then. They probably wouldn't want to blow
their $1750 just on Panda though, so maybe they set 4 bits or whatever
and let 20 be computed.
Well, if the algorithm is defined well, it could be used for any device
based on OMAP. The marketing department could turn this into a win by
declaring "does not require external EEPROM for ethernet mac address" ;-)
Okay, can't argue with it ^^
* Some places try to keep a database of all used machines and their MAC
addresses to monitor who connects to the network. This requires the address
to be stable. It also prevents the use of virtualization, so it's becoming
less common.
They will probably just be happy the crazy noise they have been seeing
from current Panda MACs changing every session will go away, it doesn't
seem to add anything it's an OUI namespace MAC. In the patch case the
"locally administered" mac will be "stable".
Anyway since I understood it, I can see your idea is a cool approach,
it's up to TI what they will do about it but I guess it's OK with or
without it.
-Andy
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