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<body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;">Hello all,<br><br>I am working on porting linux 2.6.25 with a custom MPC8313 based board, but am having a little bit of trouble with the ethernet, more specifically ifconfig.<br><br>after typing "ifconfig eth0 10.196.31.84" I receive the following error<br>ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address<br><br>after entering a MAC address via "ifconfig eth0 hw ether" I receive this error.<br>e0024520:01 not found<br>eth0: Could not attach to PHY<br>ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device<br><br>which I have traced to bus_find_device, but I'm not sure what to make of this.<br><br>I'm not sure where I'm going wrong here, and I'm sure that it's something that I'm forgetting to do/include.<br><br>Sorry if this isn't enough information, but I don't know enough to know what other information would be needed.<br><br></div><br>Ron<br><br /><hr />Get Free (PRODUCT) RED™ Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. <a href='http://joinred.spaces.live.com?ocid=TXT_HMTG_prodredemoticons_052008' target='_new'>Check it out!</a></body>
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