Newbie question on Linux-PPC

[Ricardo Scop]

Hi Srivatsan,

On Thursday 02 June 2005 04:41, Srivatsan CR wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>    Thanks everyone for the time. It's done and I have it working.
>
>    I have another question regarding MAC address in Linux. I had ported
> U-boot onto our customized board (MPC8280 based). It is working fine. I am
> also able to boot a Linux Kernel. The Kernel version is Linux-2.4.20 .
>
> We set the MAC address for the board in U-boot as 00:FD:11:01:01:01. But
> when the Linux Kernel boots it takes the MAC as 00:FD:81:01:01:01.
>
> I have confirmed that the U-boot passes the MAC address properly to the
> Linux Kernel properly. Can anyone guide me to where to look out for the
> issue stated above in the Linux code?

Check if there're some hack in fcc_enet.c driver code, regarding the MAC 
address setup.

HTH,

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