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SubjectRe: [RFC] [PATCH 1/2] Driver to remember ethernet MAC values: maclist
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:02:03 +0000
Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:

> > for this driver which we are working on.. for example,
> > some Cirrus Logic ARM based chips (ep93xx) have an ethernet device
> > that could benefit from that.
>
> An alternative solution (suggested in the past) would be to have a
> generic kernel command line option such as: mac=<netdev>,<macaddr>
>
> It nicely solves the "no mac address" issue in a lot (if not all)
> of the cases.

That would help, but it can't easily be implemented when you are
targeting consumer devices like nas, routers et al which already
have been widely deployed.

I know that the solution would be to fix the bootloader, but
Joe Average is a little bit scared of reflashing it.

A maclist-alike system could help to solve that situation.

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Best regards,

Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Turin, Italy

http://www.towertech.it

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