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diff --git a/doc/README.enetaddr b/doc/README.enetaddr index 94d800a02a..2d8e24f5cb 100644 --- a/doc/README.enetaddr +++ b/doc/README.enetaddr @@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ Correct flow of setting up the MAC address (summarized): 1. Read from hardware in initialize() function 2. Read from environment in net/eth.c after initialize() 3. Give priority to the value in the environment if a conflict -4. Program hardware in the device's init() function. +4. Program the address into hardware if the following conditions are met: + a) The relevant driver has a 'write_addr' function + b) The user hasn't set an 'ethmacskip' environment variable + c) The address is valid (unicast, not all-zeros) -If somebody wants to subvert the design philosophy, this can be done -in the board-specific board_eth_init() function by calling eth_init() -after all the NICs have been registered. +Previous behavior had the MAC address always being programmed into hardware +in the device's init() function. ------- Usage |