From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-out.m-online.net (mail-out.m-online.net [212.18.0.9]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42E6ADDEE2 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:18:10 +1000 (EST) To: powerpc440 From: Wolfgang Denk Subject: Re: Multiple Boards with same MAC addresses - problem. Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:51:04 +0200." <461BA458.2010605@googlemail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:18:08 +0200 Sender: wd@denx.de Message-Id: <20070410191808.5F197353B4B@atlas.denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , 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 -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, HRB 165235 Munich, CEO: Wolfgang Denk Office: Kirchenstr. 5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd@denx.de It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. - George Bernard Shaw