From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ebshome.net (gate.ebshome.net [64.81.67.12]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "gate.ebshome.net", Issuer "gate.ebshome.net" (not verified)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51D7168949 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2005 05:36:11 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:36:08 -0800 From: Eugene Surovegin To: "Kiran Kumar.A" Message-ID: <20051230183608.GA2376@gate.ebshome.net> References: <20051230112111.58191CA092@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20051230112111.58191CA092@ws7-4.us4.outblaze.com> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: Regarding booting 440 gr board / ibm emac driver List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 06:21:11AM -0500, Kiran Kumar.A wrote: > Hello Benjamin, > This is kiran here. I'm working on 440GR (Yosemite) board to boot linux-2.6.13.4. > Everything works fine execpt for MAC address. I saw the code in arch/ppc/platforms/4xx/yosemite.c; the code to copy the MAC addr from board info structure seems to be in place. I am using IBM emac driver written by you. > Linux boots up fine and in the booting messages , I see that the MAC addr is displayed as all zeroes. Also, the ifconfig displays the MAC address as all zeroes. > > Could you please throw some light on the same. First, check that the code which copies MAC address is actually executed. Second, check _what_ is being copied by this code. Maybe board info structure contains zeros. > Do we need to modify the driver for MAC address issue?? No, you don't need to modify EMAC driver. -- Eugene