topic Transmit MAC address from BOOTARGS to 3.10.17 linux kernel in i.MX Processors https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Transmit-MAC-address-from-BOOTARGS-to-3-10-17-linux-kernel/m-p/334161#M45332 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We use a RMII in our hardware iMX6 design. We don't have a PHY with EEPROM to store MAC address and we read it from SPI-FLASH in uboot program.</P><P>We notice that if we want to transmit MAC address to fec_main.c part of freescale ethernet driver we need to declare “<STRONG>fec_mac</STRONG>=&lt;mac address value&gt;” in bootargs parameters to have a good management. ‘iMX6 SABRE-SD Linux Release Notes’ document and comment in fec_main.c contain some mistake about this point.</P><P>&nbsp; </P><P>I hope this feedback can be useful for other users.</P><P></P><P>Best regards,</P><P>Gabriel GRANGE</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Dec 2014 07:45:38 GMT gabrielgrange 2014-12-09T07:45:38Z Transmit MAC address from BOOTARGS to 3.10.17 linux kernel https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Transmit-MAC-address-from-BOOTARGS-to-3-10-17-linux-kernel/m-p/334161#M45332 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We use a RMII in our hardware iMX6 design. We don't have a PHY with EEPROM to store MAC address and we read it from SPI-FLASH in uboot program.</P><P>We notice that if we want to transmit MAC address to fec_main.c part of freescale ethernet driver we need to declare “<STRONG>fec_mac</STRONG>=&lt;mac address value&gt;” in bootargs parameters to have a good management. ‘iMX6 SABRE-SD Linux Release Notes’ document and comment in fec_main.c contain some mistake about this point.</P><P>&nbsp; </P><P>I hope this feedback can be useful for other users.</P><P></P><P>Best regards,</P><P>Gabriel GRANGE</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 09 Dec 2014 07:45:38 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Transmit-MAC-address-from-BOOTARGS-to-3-10-17-linux-kernel/m-p/334161#M45332 gabrielgrange 2014-12-09T07:45:38Z