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Re: network support
- To: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] network support
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 10:40:21 -0700 (MST)
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
On 14-Feb-2001 Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
>
>
>> > I thought the MAC address was factory-programmed into the EEPROM that's
>> attached to
>> > the CS8900A Ethernet chip. Why does redboot require me to specify one
>> manually? (I
>>
>>The EEPROM isn't really supported (contributions welcome, of course)
>>because none
>>of the boards provided to us by Cirrus Logic has working EEPROMs on
>>them. In fact,
>
> Tres bizarre!
>
> Am I correct in assuming then that I can choose any value I like, as long
> as it's unique?
Yes. In fact, it really only needs to be unique within your LAN, since
hardware addresses do not cross through gateways.