Subject: Re: Sun qfe in i386 question
To: Peter Eisch <peter@boku.net>
From: Michael-John Turner <mj@turner.org.za>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/30/2004 11:03:52
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 03:31:54PM -0600, Peter Eisch wrote:
> I just added the qfe (as hme*) to my i386 kernel and it sees the interfaces.
> Unfortunately the MAC addrs are all 00:00:00:00:00:00. Is using a qfe in
> anything other than a sparc64 frowned upon, or should this work if I tickle
> some other configuration item?
You'll probably need to set the MAC addresses manually as Sun NICs take
their MACs from the PROM (which your i386 machine won't have). Check the
ifconfig manual page for exact syntax (and let us know if that solves
the problem!).
-mj
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