Public bug reported: The smsc95xx driver used on the Beagleboard-XM currently generates a new random MAC address every time the interface is brought up. This makes it impossible to override using the standard `ifconfig hw ether` approach or through /etc/network/interface.
As a result, the board gets a new IP address on each boot from DHCP, and confuses dynamic DNS setups linked to DHCP. There is an upstreamed patch (merged in 2.6.37-rc1) at http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=128744421925804&w=2 which enables the user to set their MAC address using the standard tools. Please consider pulling this into the stable maverick omap3 kernel. (Bug #673504 was also filed for the omap4 kernel under linux-ti-omap4 and bug #673509 was filed for the main linux-omap kernel, this bug is for the linaro kernel - solution is the same for all). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: linux-image-2.6.35-1008-linaro-omap 2.6.35-1008.15 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 2.6.35-1008.15-linaro-omap 2.6.35.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-1008-linaro-omap armv7l Architecture: armel Date: Wed Dec 8 08:27:03 2010 ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: linux-linaro ** Affects: linux-linaro (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug armel maverick ubuntu-une -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687396 Title: Beagleboard-XM chooses a new IP address everytime the interface is brought up -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
