From: Stephan van Hienen <ddx@cable.a2000.nl>
To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2 weird problems (first ethernet)
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:03:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ultrasparc-90222356531034@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ultrasparc-90222356531025@msgid-missing>
On Wed, 13 May 1998, David S. Miller wrote:
> Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 13:28:10 +1000
> From: Grant Beattie <gb@zero.net.au>
>
> sparc systems have the hardware address burned into the PROM, not
> the ethernet device. The behavior you're seeing is correct.
>
> And furthermore if it is a problem, you can add args to ifconfig to
> set the ethernet address on each interface to whatever you like.
and what is this arg ?
and is it perm. ?
or do i have to tell it each time ?
(ps is there a way to do this on the boot prom?)
prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-05-14 11:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-05-14 0:21 2 weird problems (first ethernet) Stephan van Hienen
1998-05-14 3:28 ` Grant Beattie
1998-05-14 5:44 ` David S. Miller
1998-05-14 6:41 ` Eddie C. Dost
1998-05-14 11:03 ` Stephan van Hienen [this message]
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