From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bay0-omc1-s36.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s36.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.108]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60AE1DDEDF for ; Wed, 7 May 2008 07:10:37 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_20cc832d-76ed-49b8-bd53-d337c0ac5d43_" From: Ronald Madrid To: Subject: ifconfig MPC8313 Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 14:10:36 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , --_20cc832d-76ed-49b8-bd53-d337c0ac5d43_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all, I am working on porting linux 2.6.25 with a custom MPC8313 based board, but= am having a little bit of trouble with the ethernet, more specifically ifc= onfig. after typing "ifconfig eth0 10.196.31.84" I receive the following error ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address after entering a MAC address via "ifconfig eth0 hw ether" I receive this e= rror. e0024520:01 not found eth0: Could not attach to PHY ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device which I have traced to bus_find_device, but I'm not sure what to make of th= is. I'm not sure where I'm going wrong here, and I'm sure that it's something t= hat I'm forgetting to do/include. Sorry if this isn't enough information, but I don't know enough to know wha= t other information would be needed. Ron _________________________________________________________________ Get Free (PRODUCT) RED=99 Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. http://joinred.spaces.live.com?ocid=3DTXT_HMTG_prodredemoticons_052008= --_20cc832d-76ed-49b8-bd53-d337c0ac5d43_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello all,
I am working on porting linux 2.6.25 with a custom MPC8313 based board, b= ut am having a little bit of trouble with the ethernet, more specifically i= fconfig.

after typing "ifconfig eth0 10.196.31.84" I receive the fol= lowing error
ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address
=
after entering a MAC address via "ifconfig eth0 hw ether" I recei= ve this error.
e0024520:01 not found
eth0: Could not attach to PHYifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device

which I have traced to bus_f= ind_device, but I'm not sure what to make of this.

I'm not sure wher= e I'm going wrong here, and I'm sure that it's something that I'm forgettin= g to do/include.

Sorry if this isn't enough information, but I don't= know enough to know what other information would be needed.

<= br>Ron

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