The i82559 (fxp) hardware supports it. I imagine most previous
versions of the chipset are also capable. For the software,
add an ioctl to fxp_ether_ioctl that changes the
sc->arpcom.ac_enaddr to your new MAC address and calls
fxp_init(sc). Add your new ioctl to ifconfig and you should be done.
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrze
j Bialecki writes:
>Hi,
>
>IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to
>change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem
>right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very
>handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow:
>
>* which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course)?
>
>* is there some way to set it (I couldn't find any code in the ifconfig
>nor in the kernel)?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Andrzej Bialecki
>
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