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-rw-r--r--net/eth.c9
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/README b/README
index f2a49149238..d9c2ee2ed81 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2691,6 +2691,10 @@ Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
=> setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
=> ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
+ ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
+ available network interfaces.
+ It just stays at the currently selected interface.
+
netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
either succeed or fail without retrying.
When set to "once" the network operation will
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index 63a4cb652a2..316e8177862 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -525,6 +525,15 @@ int eth_receive(volatile void *packet, int length)
void eth_try_another(int first_restart)
{
static struct eth_device *first_failed = NULL;
+ char *ethrotate;
+
+ /*
+ * Do not rotate between network interfaces when
+ * 'ethrotate' variable is set to 'no'.
+ */
+ if (((ethrotate = getenv ("ethrotate")) != NULL) &&
+ (strcmp(ethrotate, "no") == 0))
+ return;
if (!eth_current)
return;