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Diffstat (limited to 'include/fdtdec.h')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/fdtdec.h b/include/fdtdec.h index fa8e34f6f9..e6c22dd5cd 100644 --- a/include/fdtdec.h +++ b/include/fdtdec.h @@ -997,6 +997,30 @@ int fdtdec_setup_memory_banksize_fdt(const void *blob); int fdtdec_setup_memory_banksize(void); /** + * fdtdec_set_ethernet_mac_address() - set MAC address for default interface + * + * Looks up the default interface via the "ethernet" alias (in the /aliases + * node) and stores the given MAC in its "local-mac-address" property. This + * is useful on platforms that store the MAC address in a custom location. + * Board code can call this in the late init stage to make sure that the + * interface device tree node has the right MAC address configured for the + * Ethernet uclass to pick it up. + * + * Typically the FDT passed into this function will be U-Boot's control DTB. + * Given that a lot of code may be holding offsets to various nodes in that + * tree, this code will only set the "local-mac-address" property in-place, + * which means that it needs to exist and have space for the 6-byte address. + * This ensures that the operation is non-destructive and does not invalidate + * offsets that other drivers may be using. + * + * @param fdt FDT blob + * @param mac buffer containing the MAC address to set + * @param size size of MAC address + * @return 0 on success or a negative error code on failure + */ +int fdtdec_set_ethernet_mac_address(void *fdt, const u8 *mac, size_t size); + +/** * fdtdec_set_phandle() - sets the phandle of a given node * * @param blob FDT blob |