On Tuesday 21 April 2009 07:13:10 Daniel Mack wrote: > On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 11:57:37PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > Not if the MAC is stored in the volatile smc911x registers. Issuing a > > > soft reset flushes these values - if U-Boot does that, the OS has no > > > change getting them. > > > > then either your u-boot or your OS is misconfigured and you need to fix > > that. as clearly stated in docs/README.enetaddr, the environment is the > > place where mac addresses live when there is no dedicated storage (like > > an eeprom). > > > > ignoring that, the mac address doesnt magically get programmed. if no > > network operation was initiated, then the part wouldnt have been > > programmed anyways, so you're still left with an OS that cant get itself > > functional. > > Ok, true. Thanks for pointing this out.
usually what i suggest to people are things like: - pass $(ethaddr) via kernel command line and parse /proc/cmdline - use the u-boot tools to read the u-boot env directly - set the hw address with `ifconfig` or similar tool -mike
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