From: Robert Schwebel Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:52:03 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] U-Boot version string in kernel/userspace In-Reply-To: <20080122134748.4898524781@gemini.denx.de> References: <4795D957.1070305@schweigstill.de> <20080122134748.4898524781@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <20080122205203.GF13945@pengutronix.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 02:47:48PM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > I agree that this may make sense on ARM systems - to me it would also > make sense to pass the MAC address as an ATAG. The problem is that > you will probably run into problems if youy try pushing such code > into the mainline kernel. RMK will likely block it. And for good reasons. He has explained it many times on alkml. Robert -- Dipl.-Ing. Robert Schwebel | http://www.pengutronix.de Pengutronix - Linux Solutions for Science and Industry Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 Hannoversche Str. 2, 31134 Hildesheim, Germany Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-9