From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Grant Beattie <gb@zero.net.au>
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 03:28:10 +0000
Subject: Re: 2 weird problems (first ethernet)
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Stephan van Hienen writes:

> first ethernet
> ok i put back te card with kernel 2.1.101 (compiled ok)
> and booted now it reports :
> 
> sunhme.c:v1.2 10/Oct/96 David S. Miller (davem@caipfs.rutgers.edu)
> eth0: HAPPY MEAL (PCI/CheerIO) 10/100BaseT Ethernet 08:00:20:96:18:b0
> eth1: HAPPY MEAL (PCI/CheerIO) 10/100BaseT Ethernet
> 08:00:20:96:18:b0        
> 
> excuse me same ethernet hardware adress ??
> 
> yes its true :
> 
> eth0: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful, trying force link mode
> eth0: Link down, cable problem?
> eth0: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful, trying force link mode
> eth0: Link down, cable problem?
> 
> i then plug it on eth1 (the pci plugin card (with wide scsi connector
> external))
> and :
> 
> eth0: Link is up using internal transceiver at 10Mb/s, Half Duplex. 
> 
> what is this ?
> can i change the ethernet adres somewehre in de boot prom or something ?

sparc systems have the hardware address burned into the PROM, not the
ethernet device. The behavior you're seeing is correct.

grant.