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

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20060901075751.48015.qmail at web17806.mail.tpe.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>
>  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!

The set of available commands depends on  your  board  configuration.
Probably  the  eeprom  command  is  not selected in your board config
file. Eventually there is even no EEPROM on your  board  at  all.  We
don't know - it's your hardware.

> as I got MAC addresses don't match.  

Then set it correctly in the environment.

> Can u-boot allow me to change HW MAC address?  

Yes, on some systems.

> > eth0: Invalid ethernet MAC address.  Please set using ifconfig

But this won't help you. You still need to implement a way  that  the
Linux  driver  sets a correct MAC address. Solutions have been posted
on the ARM mailing list.  See  the  links  and  suggestions  provided
before.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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