From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Thomas To: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" Cc: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] network support Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:40:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010214123221.00b72780@larwe.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00240.html 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.