In searching for how MAC addresses are handled on the AM3517EVM, I came across an EEPROM that isn't documented. U7 on the SOM (sheet 7 of the schematic) appears to be an Atmel I2C EEPROM (the device, being so small, has only partial markings so not sure of the exact size). Its not in the BOM however, and there is no vendor P/N on the schematic. Notes on the schematic reference connecting signals as "Product ID"
This device is connected to GPIO ("SYS_BOOT3" and "SYS_BOOT6") so presumably it would have to be "bit banged" if used.
So the question - is this device used by any of the supported code layers? (X-loader, U-boot, ...) Possibly for (pre-programmed) board rev, or user defined parameters? (i.e. is the low-level bit-banging code in the SW release that would allow the user to use it for other functions?)
Thanks ... Jim