[U-Boot-Users] Patch: Support for Motorola PQ2FADS-ZU board

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Jul 24 22:25:44 CEST 2003


Dear Rick,

in message <E19fm59-0000GX-00 at c-67-164-43-44.client.comcast.net> you wrote:
> 
> 2. The ethaddr doesn't seem to like xf:xx:xx:xx:xx

This has nothing to do with "to like" or not to like.

This has a lot to do with standards.

It is definitely a Bad Idea to use random MAC addresses.

All this has been discussed here before. More than once.


Wolfgang Denk

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