Re: configure the mac address of an eth device

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On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 05:54:53PM +0200, Giorgio Dal Molin wrote:
> Hi Sascha,
> 
> thank you for your suggestion about the MAC, the code works now as expected.
> 
> Just another quick question: is there a function like of_eth_register_ethaddr()
> also for a 'serial-number' value ?
> 
> I also have a 'serial number' value from the eeprom and I would like to pass to the kernel.
> Just calling something like:
> 
> of_set_property(of_get_root_node(), "serial-number", s, strlen(s) + 1, 1);
> 
> does not work because it changes only the device tree for barebox but not that
> for the kernel. So I registered an of fixup:
> 
> of_register_fixup(samx7_board_fixup, s);
> 
> for it and it works then but it is a bit more complex.

Yes, you have to do it like that, there is no shortcut for it.

Sascha


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