Subject: Re: MAC address for PCI hme (Re: CVS commit: syssrc/sys/arch/i386/conf)
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/28/2001 23:28:54
On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 01:30:30PM +1000, matthew green wrote:
>
> > The problem is the hme does not have its MAC address on it.
> > (Current driver uses MAC address in sparc NVRAM)
> > How should we handle it on other ports?
>
> What about HME add-in boards? It's gotta be in there somewhere.
>
>
> i spent quite some time attempting to find the ethernet address on my
> PCI hme card. i failed. i'm willing to test code anyone happens to
> have, though.
Unfortunately, it doesn't "gotta be in there somewhere". Since the
ethernet address is technically a *node* address, not an *interface*
address, some workstation vendors (Sun included) use the same MAC addr on
every interface on the box.
Thor