Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:38:23 +0900 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] pch_gbe: Use a randomly generated MAC instead of failing probe | From | Tomoya MORINAGA <> |
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2012/1/16 Darren Hart <darren.hart@intel.com>: > I have since resolved this particular issue. I did not disable the > pcieqos driver I forward ported. With that disabled, pch_phub works as > expected. Yes, you can not use both pcieqos and pch_phub at the same time. Because pcieqos is previous version of pch_phub which is upstreamed.
> Which is to say it lists pch_mac, reads all 0's, and does > nothing on write (since the MAC ROM doesn't exist). Please see the patch > thread from Friday to address this using a random mac if the ROM is > missing or invalid. Saving MAC address into external ROM is generic method, I think. Though I know the ROM-less system using eg20t-pch, however I think this system is not common. So, I think pch_gbe shouldn't have auto-mac address assignment.
BTW, as you know, a use can write MAC address using sysfs file system like below. echo aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff > pch_mac
thanks, tomoya
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