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@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ Correct flow of setting up the MAC address (summarized):
1. Read from hardware in initialize() function
2. Read from environment in net/eth.c after initialize()
-3. Give priority to the value in the environment if a conflict
+3. The environment variable will be compared to the driver initialized
+ struct eth_device->enetaddr. If they differ, a warning is printed, and the
+ environment variable will be used unchanged.
+ If the environment variable is not set, it will be initialized from
+ eth_device->enetaddr, and a warning will be printed.
4. Program the address into hardware if the following conditions are met:
a) The relevant driver has a 'write_addr' function
b) The user hasn't set an 'ethmacskip' environment variable