On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 09:16:49AM -0500, Jeffrey Bastian wrote: > On 2011-07-30 13:18, Zoran Pericic wrote: > > I compiled kernel with smsc mac address patch because pandaboard choose > > random address on every boot. But you are free to use any kernel rpm > > which best suite your needs. > > > This patch isn't needed anymore. The latest kernels only generate a > random MAC address once on boot which allows you to manually set the MAC > address with this line in your ifcfg-eth0(*) file: > MACADDR=01:02:03:04:05:06 Ah, well, when doing root-over-nfs you probably still need the setting? Or are the ifcfg-* files included in the initramfs? Thanks, Niels > * It's eth0 now with 2.6.39, not usb0 > > More info at: > > http://jeffbastian.blogspot.com/2011/07/persistent-mac-address-on-pandaboard.html > > (Also, I need to update my blog post: apparently Ubuntu has a different > patch that generates a mostly-unique MAC address based on the board's > die id.) > > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > arm mailing list > arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
