Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/17] bootwrapper: Add dt_set_mac_addresses().

From: Segher Boessenkool <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:58:21 +0100

>> Are you saying that Linux should not acknowledge the existence of the 
>> mac-address
>> property, even though it's part of the OF spec?
>
> Why? It's a property of the device -- the mac address it was assigned 
> by
> the vendor.

No it's not.  That info is in the "local-mac-address"
property, instead.

"mac-address" contains the address OF used for the device;
it should only be there _if_ the firmware used the device,
and it can only be different (if it is present at all) from
the "local-mac-address" if you are on ancient hardware.

Don't use "mac-address" in flat device trees.  Use
"local-mac-address" instead.

Segher