Re: Multiple Boards with same MAC addresses - problem.

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

In message <461BA458.2010605@googlemail.com> you wrote:
> 
> I have multiple boards, based on ppc405ep (which include on-chip two
> ethernet ports). I'm configure the MAC address in u-boot and all works

You should post U-Boot related questions to the U-Boot-Users mailing
list. They are off topic here.

> great. The problem appears when I use two or more boards in one network,
> because the MAC addresses are the same. Now I'm making a own u-boots for
> each board, but this solution is not very comfortable.

Maybe you should start reading the manual and get a clue about the use
of environment variables in U-Boot.

> My question is, which is the standard way to resolve such problem? I
> would have only one generic u-boot. Is this possible?

Of  course  it  is.  Just  use  different  settings  of  the  ethaddr
environment variables.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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