[U-Boot-Users] eth0: Invalid ethernet MAC address

kabbin kabbin26 at yahoo.com.tw
Fri Sep 1 09:57:51 CEST 2006


Dear all
 I reference to 
http://blackfin.uclinux.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2299&forum_id=51

u-boot has "eeprom" command ?  But I cannot find it!
as I got MAC addresses don't match.  
Can u-boot allow me to change HW MAC address?  

Best regards.

--- kabbin <kabbin26 at yahoo.com.tw> 說:

> Dear All
>   I faild to mount NFS, but TFTPis fine in U-boot.
> 
> //**************************************************************
> eth0: SMC91C94 (rev 9) at 0xc4858300 IRQ 188 [nowait]
> eth0: Invalid ethernet MAC address.  Please set using ifconfig
> .
> .
> .
> IP-Config: Failed to open eth0
> IP-Config: Guessing netmask 255.255.0.0
> IP-Config: Complete:
>       device=tap0, addr=140.92.60.146, mask=255.255.0.0, gw=255.255.255.255,
>      host=140.92.60.146, domain=, nis-domain=(none),
>      bootserver=255.255.255.255, rootserver=140.92.60.138, rootpath=
> Looking up port of RPC 100003/2 on 140.92.60.138
> portmap: server 140.92.60.138 not responding, timed out
> //**************************************************************
> 
> How can I use the correct MAC address? 
> 
> I have read the FAQ, so maybe there are some problems on linux kernel side.
> http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/EthernetDoesNotWorkInLinux
> I also reference to 
> http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2004-July/023579.html
> But I still have no idea how to deal with it. 
> Could someone help me please?



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