Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:23:43 +0530 (IST) From: Mohana Krishna Penumetcha <pmk@sasken.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: assigning MAC addr to NIC after boot up? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0106212016510.16450-100000@sunk3.sasi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106210917160.6263-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
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the device to which i am writing a driver doesn't have a pre-assigned MAC address. only after the system boots up, a user level program will assign it a MAC address. I want to know if it is correct to attach a network interface without MAC address. And if it is o.k., when i get the MAC address from user program, besides updating the MAC address field in the arpcom structure do i need to call any of arp or other routing functions? regards, mohan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes and Art is knowing which ones to keep. -Dilbert Mohana Krishna P. ph:- Res: 5500412 Off: 5560735/6/7 x8065 Telecom ODC, Sasken Communication Technologies, INDIA. http://www.sasken.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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