Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:50:30 +0200 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: arm@freebsd.org, bkoenig@alpha-tierchen.de, ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: if_ate handles the bytes of the MAC address in a "wrong" order Message-ID: <20070609195030.GM16463@cicely12.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20070609.094708.-2034663768.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <59832.2001:6f8:101e:0:20e:cff:fe6d:6adb.1181391583.squirrel@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de> <20070609123941.GJ16463@cicely12.cicely.de> <51831.2001:6f8:101e:0:20e:cff:fe6d:6adb.1181397815.squirrel@webmail.alpha-tierchen.de> <20070609.094708.-2034663768.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 09:47:08AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > I think these patches are basically good. I gotta think about how I > wanna roll these into the kernel as I have units in the field that > upgrading their boot loader would be awkward... The same for me :( As a hack I thought about verifying the MAC in my own kernel and shuffle if it shows an old loader. At least I know the MAC range, which is already in the field. Fortunately only of few users compile their systems themself and those should be able to update the firmware. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de http://www.fizon.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de support@fizon.dehelp
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