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Re: Mac Address Initialisation on Linux 2.4.27-vrs1

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In message <cbc1ab770507190545161cba6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> 
> we've got 00:00:00:00:00:00 even if it is set to 01:02:03:04:05:06. So as a
> result, i can't use ifconfig due to that

Be very, very careful. 01:02:03:04:05:06 has the  multicast  bit  set
and  will  not  work  as  you  might expect. You better use valid MAC
addresses only.

See http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/EthernetDoesNotWork

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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