| To: | Ulf Carlsson <ulfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: pwdb |
| From: | Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 2 May 2000 23:56:30 +0200 |
| Cc: | Srinivasa Prasad Thirumalachar <sprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Joan Eslinger <wombat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-origin@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005021427320.26872-100000@calypso.engr.sgi.com>; from ulfc@calypso.engr.sgi.com on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 02:33:46PM -0700 |
| References: | <20000502232515.F2473@uni-koblenz.de> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005021427320.26872-100000@calypso.engr.sgi.com> |
| Sender: | owner-linux-origin@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 02:33:46PM -0700, Ulf Carlsson wrote: > > Basically my Indy is all back to defaults with exception of the eaddr > > which is filled with garbage that isn't a legal Ethernet address. > > I have seen exactly the same behaviour on an Indy here. It seems like this is > a common problem. Do you think it would help with a new PROM? Well, the problem is that the PROMs and IRIX deliberately refuse to overwrite the value of eaddr. As I understand there is a special IRIX kernel used for manufacturing / testing the Indy that is compiled with MFG_EADDR defined. That one actually can set the eaddr variable. Such a kernel would of course be useless for me since I can no longer boot it nor easily copy it to the root disk ... Ralf |
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