Re: SMSC LAN9118 Family driver

[KIYOHARA Takashi <kiyohara%kk.iij4u.or.jp@localhost>]

Hi! Tsutsui-san,


From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:00:22 +0900

> > > > > I.e. is the EEPROM backend dependent or each evaluation board 
> > > > > dependent?
> > > > 
> > > > No, isn't. Maybe it evalusion board dependent.
> > > > 
> > > > > If some on-board ISA-based smsh(4) doesn't have EEPROM
> > > > > but other smsh(4) on the ISA slot might have EEPROM,
> > > > > it should be handled by proplib, like wm(4) on iyonix.


> If the backend indicates "no EEPROM" quirk explicitly in sc_flags
> and its specific MAC address is passed via sc->sc_enaddr,
> it's acceptable for me.

Hmm,  I can agree to this idea.


> (BTW, I wonder if it has proper vendor code..)

This MAC address is used with Linux of the GUMSTIX Inc. guys.  I saw it
in their patches.

Thanks,
--
kiyohara