This is the first of a series of patches needed to support our product using the DP83815. This patch accepts the MAC address as a parameter because our implementation does not have an EEPROM. I tried
This is the first of a series of patches needed to support our product using the DP83815. This patch accepts the MAC address as a parameter because our implementation does not have an EEPROM. I trie
I agree with all comments. Regarding the total elimination of this patch ... Only our bootrom knows the MAC address that should be used, and it appends it to the bootargs. If there is a way for the
Scrap patch 1 of 4, we don't need or want it. (I'm feeling so sheepish.) Thanks, Gary ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Gary Spiess (Gary.Spiess@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Hi Manfred, Gary, Stephen, "But: I'm not sure that the change is required. What about just setting the mac to 0, and the actual mac address is set from user space? It's possible to set the mac addres
<snip> That's good, I first noticed this issue when I happened to add a dummy interface into a bridge configuration, and found that its zero MAC address ended up disrupting the spanning tree. I also
Jeff, This is the first of a series of patches needed to support our product using the DP83815. This patch accepts the MAC address as a parameter because our implementation does not have an EEPROM.
Author: "Gary N Spiess" <Gary.Spiess@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:51:59 -0500
Jeff, This is the first of a series of patches needed to support our product using the DP83815. This patch accepts the MAC address as a parameter because our implementation does not have an EEPROM. I
Author: "Gary N Spiess" <Gary.Spiess@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:58:55 -0500
Jeff, I agree with all comments. Regarding the total elimination of this patch ... Only our bootrom knows the MAC address that should be used, and it appends it to the bootargs. If there is a way for
Author: "Gary N Spiess" <Gary.Spiess@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 16:12:49 -0500
Stephen, Scrap patch 1 of 4, we don't need or want it. (I'm feeling so sheepish.) Thanks, Gary ** REPLY SEPARATOR ** oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Gary Spiess (Gary.Spiess@xxxxxx
Author: Mark Smith <random@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:12:52 +0930
Hi Manfred, Gary, Stephen, "But: I'm not sure that the change is required. What about just setting the mac to 0, and the actual mac address is set from user space? It's possible to set the mac addres
Author: Mark Smith <random@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:41:05 +0930
<snip> That's good, I first noticed this issue when I happened to add a dummy interface into a bridge configuration, and found that its zero MAC address ended up disrupting the spanning tree. I also