John Winters wrote: > Bill Gatliff wrote: > [snip] >> The MAC Address will be reset to 00:00:00:00:00:00, which is invalid >> and requires you to set the proper MAC address manually before continuing >> to enable this network device. > [snip] >> To date, the only way I've seen around this is to just hack out the code in >> the >> e1000 driver that deals with the EEPROM and MAC addresses. Is there any plan >> for cleanly handling no-EEPROM platforms, or am I into "undiscovered >> territory" >> here? I'm willing to submit patches once I find a minimally-invasive and >> robust >> solution, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel... > > Can't you just put a made-up MAC address into /etc/network/interfaces? > Like this: > > allow-hotplug eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > hwaddress ether 00:07:95:09:c4:96 > > Don't use that one (IIRC, it belongs to a Mini-ITX board in my > cupboard). Ideally use the original one configured for the unit.
One could, but that won't work for root-over-NFS. b.g. -- Bill Gatliff [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
