On Die, 2008-01-01 at 22:58 -0600, Matt Domsch wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 12:39:11PM +0700, Theewara Vorakosit wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I get MAC address from ioctl. However, ifconfig can change this MAC
> > address. Can I get a real physical MAC address of the NIC?
>
> yes. It's ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR to the ethtool ioctl.
>
> case ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR:
> rc = ethtool_get_perm_addr(dev, useraddr);
> break;
>
> When the driver is first loaded, before ifconfig can change the MAC
> address, the existing (permanent) MAC address is stored away, able to
> be retrieved via this ioctl. Jon Wetzel, a Dell intern of a few
> summers ago, wrote the code and was able to have it included.
I stand corrected.
Last time I looked for such a thing it didn't exist.
Bernd
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