[ECOS] Ethernet MAC address is all zeros

[Paul Randall <prandall at delta-info dot com>]

Hi All,

I have recently encountered a problem with the eCos network 
initialization.  During initialization, I get the message:

[cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_init_devs(0x00000000)
Init device 'fec_eth'
Request for config value '' - wrong type

and when the bootp record comes up, I see:

      hw_addr: 00:00:00:00:00:00

This used to work, so I am guessing RedBoot has been changed since the 
version I have (July 11, 2003) which causes eCos to fail when trying to 
read the MAC address.  Do I have to rebuild RedBoot with the latest 
sources to fix this problem?

Paul Randall
Delta Digital Video

+Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:0f:5b:00:00:02
IP: 206.234.219.59/255.255.255.224, Gateway: 206.234.219.36
Default server: 206.234.219.58, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0
                                                                              

RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROMRAM]
Non-certified release, version UNKNOWN - built 16:42:31, Jul 11 2003
                                                                              

Platform: A&M VIPER (PowerPC 860)
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, Red Hat, Inc.
                                                                              

RAM: 0x00000000-0x00800000, 0x0003dac8-0x007e1000 available
FLASH: 0xfe000000 - 0xfe400000, 64 blocks of 0x00010000 bytes each.
== Executing boot script in 1.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort
RedBoot> fis load mod2120
RedBoot> go
[cyg_net_init] Init: mbinit(0x00000000)
[cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_init_devs(0x00000000)
Init device 'fec_eth'
Request for config value '' - wrong type
[cyg_net_init] Init: loopattach(0x00000000)
[cyg_net_init] Init: ifinit(0x00000000)
[cyg_net_init] Init: domaininit(0x00000000)
[cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_add_domain(0x0009835c)
New domain internet at 0x00000000
[cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_add_domain(0x00097dd4)
New domain route at 0x00000000
[cyg_net_init] Init: call_route_init(0x00000000)
[cyg_net_init] Done
                                                                              

BOOTP[eth0] op: REPLY
      htype: Ethernet
       hlen: 6
       hops: 0
        xid: 0x0
       secs: 0
    d : finished
 flags: 0x0
      hw_addr: 00:00:00:00:00:00
    client IP: 206.234.219.59
        my IP: 206.234.219.59
    server IP: 0.0.0.0
   gateway IP: 206.234.219.36
 options:
       subnet mask: 255.255.255.224
      IP broadcast: 0.0.0.0
           gateway: 206.234.219.36
IP Address : 206.234.219.59
Netmask    : 255.255.255.224
Starting HTTP Server
Network Configured
Routing tables
Destination     Gateway         Mask            Flags    Interface
0.0.0.0         206.234.219.36  0.0.0.0         UG       eth0
206.234.219.32  206.234.219.32  255.255.255.224 U        eth0
Interface statistics
eth0    IP: 206.234.219.59, Broadcast: 0.0.0.0, Netmask: 255.255.255.224
       UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500, Metric: 0
       Rx - Packets: 0, Bytes: 0, Tx - Packets: 0, Bytes: 0
Route - dst: 0.0.0.0, mask: 0.0.0.0, gateway: 206.234.219.36



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