The comments concerning how the pcnet32 ethernet device driver selects
the MAC addr to use are incorrect. A recent patch (in the last 3 months)
changed how the code worked, but did not change the comments.
Side comment: the new behaviour is good; I've got a pcnet32 card which
powers up with garbage in the CSR's, and a good MAC addr in the PROM.
Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
* station address PROM at the base address and programmed into the
* "Physical Address Registers" CSR12-14.
* As a precautionary measure, we read the PROM values and complain if
- * they disagree with the CSRs. Either way, we use the CSR values, and
- * double check that they are valid.
+ * they disagree with the CSRs. If they miscompare, and the PROM addr
+ * is valid, then the PROM addr is used.
*/
for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
unsigned int val;