Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 23:21:44 -0600 From: David Sharp <djs@secure.net> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@webgiro.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAC takeover Message-ID: <199909080521.XAA08585@armahn.secure.net>
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The i82559 (fxp) hardware supports it. I imagine most previous versions of the chipset are also capable. For the software, add an ioctl to fxp_ether_ioctl that changes the sc->arpcom.ac_enaddr to your new MAC address and calls fxp_init(sc). Add your new ioctl to ifconfig and you should be done. In message <Pine.BSF.4.05.9909021314540.88559-100000@freja.webgiro.com>, Andrze j Bialecki writes: >Hi, > >IIRC some time ago there was a vivid discussion about ability to >change/set MAC address of Ethernet cards. I'm faced with similar problem >right now: when building high-availability configuration it would be very >handy to do MAC takeover instead of IP takeover. So, my questions follow: > >* which cards support it (that have FreeBSD drivers of course)? > >* is there some way to set it (I couldn't find any code in the ifconfig >nor in the kernel)? > >Thanks! > >Andrzej Bialecki > >// <abial@webgiro.com> WebGiro AB, Sweden (http://www.webgiro.com) >// ------------------------------------------------------------------- >// ------ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve. http://www.freebsd.org -------- >// --- Small & Embedded FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/ ---- > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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