On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 11:47:38AM -0400, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > I am analyzing why the AJZaurusUSB driver creates a new interface on > MacOS X each time the OpenMoko is rebooted. > > Now I think I have found that OM does initialize the MAC address of > the RNDIS/Ethernet gadget driver randomly on each reboot (and MacOS X > uses that to find devices it already knows). Can anybody confirm that? > > If it is so, I would suggest to derive the MAC address from the > device serial number - or if that is not available - from the > Bluetooth MAC (but not using the same).
Good analysis. I don't have my cable with me so I can't confirm this. However, if this is the problem, it is OS X that should be fixed. I think the FIC people have enough to do. Other OSes including Linux and also the various BSDs do not have this problem; I use it on OpenBSD and it is always cdce0. Of course, the phone is open source, so if you want it done that way, you could submit a patch to make it work that way. That's the idea of Phase 1, after all!
