On Friday, 02/23/2007 at 10:35 MST, Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 11:33 AM, in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alan
> Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -snip-
> > Given MACPREFIX 020001 and MACID 000050:
> >
> > host alan {
> > hardware ethernet 02:00:01:00:00:50;
> > fixed- address 192.168.1.50;
> > }
> > -- or --
> > host alan {
> > hardware ethernet 40:00:80:00:00:C0;
> > fixed- address 192.168.1.50;
> > }
> >
> > (I can't remember whether the VM- specified MAC address is reversed by
the
> > time it reaches the canonical format or not.)
>
> Ok, you're going to have to explain this one. Exactly in what way is
> 02:00:01:00:00:50 a reversal of 40:00:80:00:00:C0? That doesn't look
right,
> even if you reverse the bits in each hex character.
Well, uh, ummm.... CHUCKIE! HE DID IT!
Ok, ok, so my mirror is broken. (Hush, peanut gallery!) I can't
bit-reverse 0x50 correctly. :-) 0101 0000 => 0000 1010 = 0A
so make that
hardware ethernet 40:00:80:00:00:0A;
Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott
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