From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Riku Voipio Subject: Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:15:30 +0200 Message-ID: <20090311191530.GA18211@kos.to> References: <20090311.014957.117115597.davem@davemloft.net> <20090311085721.GV425@pengutronix.de> <20090311090938.E7BF7832E8B8@gemini.denx.de> <20090311.062336.238430706.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0112308856==" Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090311.062336.238430706.davem@davemloft.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-arm-kernel-bounces@lists.arm.linux.org.uk Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.arm.linux.org.uk List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org --===============0112308856== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT" Content-Disposition: inline --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 06:23:36AM -0700, David Miller wrote: > That's what NVRAM, CMOS, EEPROM's and other writable long-term > storage areas are for. > To be quite honest with you, any ethernet device that doesn't > have an EEPROM where the chip instance's ethernet address is > stored is completely broken. If that is the case, pretty much every SOHO NAS device (running linux + samba) being sold in your nearest IT shop is completly broken. In such machines, typically the mac address is stored in bootloader's configuration area in NOR/NAND flash. --=20 "rm -rf" only sounds scary if you don't have backups --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFJuA3SibPvMsrqrwMRAhkPAJ9yM8GhuV9mW6fBDjJmqCZSmdJudgCgzY+H 1b8Rr302gzSRceM/027rYhc= =smqv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --X1bOJ3K7DJ5YkBrT-- --===============0112308856== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------- List admin: http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel FAQ: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/faq.php Etiquette: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/etiquette.php --===============0112308856==--