Dennis Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have an UltraSPARC 5 running debian (potato). Everything runs very > well except when I insert a second Ethernet Card. The built-in HME card is > recognized and configured properly by the kernel. The problem occurs when > I add the second hme card. The kernel assignes the first card's MAC addr > to both cards. At that point, all networking fails. > > I understand that when loading the sunhme module, the kernel may retrieve > the MAC addr from openboot. Openboot seems to only know the addr for the > primary (built-in) card. > > Has anyone else experienced this? Did I miss a line on the webpage that > describes how to get around this?
That's how suns behave. You can change it in openboot with setenv local-mac-address? if memory serves well... Phil.
