Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/20] bootwrapper: Only print MAC addresses when the node is actually present.

From: David Gibson <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:20:24 +1000

On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 12:40:11PM -0500, Scott Wood wrote:
> Some firmwares (such as PlanetCore) only provide a base MAC address, and
> expect the kernel to set certain bits to generate the addresses for the
> other ports.  As such, MAC addresses are generated that may not correspond
> to actual hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>

Seems a reasonable idea for robustness.

Acked-by: David Gibson <[email-masked]>

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