ppcboot 2.0.0 + ppclinux2.4.devel, network weirdo

[El Topo]

> Are you using kernel code supplied by MontaVista (MV)? I had the same
> problem;
> we are using MontaVista 3.0 for the Ebony board, and I had trouble with
> the interface from u-boot 0.2.0 to the MV kernel. The MV code is very
> specific to the bootrom supplied by IBM; that bootrom is "custom" to each
> unique Ebony board, because the 2 MAC addresses are stored at the end of
the
> bootrom (that's the "VPD" area). I had to modify 3 MV files to get the MAC
> address passed in from u-boot to be used by the MV kernel
> (kernel/arch/ppc/platforms/ebony.c,
> kernel/include/asm-ppc/ibm440.h, and kernel/include/asm-ppc/ibm4xx.h). I
> have attached
> my patches for these files.
>
> After I got the MAC address to transfer over from u-boot, I had trouble
with
> nfs mounting
> the root filesystem (I did not want to use bootp/dhcp in the nfs mounting
> process). I had to
> modify kernel/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c to get this to work (I've attached this
> patch as well).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Erik Teose
> erik.teose at tek.com

Thank you Erik, I will try your patchs today.

El.


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