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For Embedded use where e.g. AX88772B chips may be used without external
EEPROMs the boot loader may choose to pass the MAC address to be used
via device tree. Therefore, allow for optionally getting the MAC
address from device tree data e.g. as follows (excerpt from a T30 based
board, local-mac-address to be filled in by boot loader):
/* EHCI instance 1: USB2_DP/N -> AX88772B */
usb@7d004000 {
status = "okay";
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <0>;
asix@1 {
reg = <1>;
local-mac-address = [00 00 00 00 00 00];
};
};
Signed-off-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.