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Re: network support
- To: "Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <larwe at larwe dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] network support
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 10:25:07 -0700 (MST)
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
On 14-Feb-2001 Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
> Hello Gary,
>
> I thought the MAC address was factory-programmed into the EEPROM that's attached to
> the CS8900A Ethernet chip. Why does redboot require me to specify one manually? (I
> have no idea what it is). If I put some garbage into that field, will redboot only
> store that in its own local config info, or will it also trash the EEPROM that's on
> the Crystal chip?
>
The EEPROM isn't really supported (contributions welcome, of course) because none
of the boards provided to us by Cirrus Logic has working EEPROMs on them. In fact,
the boards I have have a totally incorrect chip soldered where the EEPROM belongs :-(