From: Michele Carla` <goldfinger@member.fsf.org>
To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.12 does not read MAC address
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 20:48:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1120589336.3117.5.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42CA9FF3.8060504@total-knowledge.com>
On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 07:57 -0700, Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh wrote:
> Yes, kerenl doesn't read mac address correctly on O2K. Some timeing
> issue in the driver
> as far as I can tell. None of my kernels ever could read it on O2K, even
> though it works
> just fine on O200.
>
> No you are wrong. Forcing MAC address works just fine. At least it does
> so here.
it doesn't works also for me... I have not tried last kernel, but as
soon as possible I'm going to do it !
(some times it recognise menet MAC addresses, but it doesn't works)
> You just have to force it to correct value (i.e. the one origin was
> using when it
> was sending bootp/tftp packets.
>
> Look at the logs at your boot server.
>
> --
> Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
> Total Knowledge, CTO
> http://www.total-knowledge.com/
>
> Arianna Arona wrote:
>
> >Hi everybody,
> >
> >my network problem are now due to MAC address.
> >Kernel does not read it and forcing the value via ifconfig does not solve the
> >problem.
> >
> >I need to merge the old driver, which detects MAC addr but eth0 link is down,
> >with the new one that does the contraty..... opsss.... I could have a not
> >working at all driver.... :((
> >
> >A.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-05 14:43 2.6.12 does not read MAC address Arianna Arona
2005-07-05 14:57 ` Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh
2005-07-05 16:54 ` Arianna Arona
2005-07-05 18:48 ` Michele Carla` [this message]
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