From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Jan 21 07:49:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA05008 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 07:49:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp7.portal.net.au [202.12.71.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA05000 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 07:49:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA00650; Thu, 22 Jan 1998 02:11:54 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801211541.CAA00650@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: hosokawa@ntc.keio.ac.jp (HOSOKAWA Tatsumi) cc: mike@smith.net.au, trost@cloud.rain.com, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems with SVEC NE2000 clone In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 21 Jan 1998 18:02:00 +0900." <199801210902.SAA19878@afs.ntc.mita.keio.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 02:11:54 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > In article <199801210807.SAA01496@word.smith.net.au> > mike@smith.net.au writes: > > >> Most 8390 clones load their MAC address from a serial EEPROM; many of > >> the integrated PCCARD 8390's use the same EEPROM that the CIS comes in > >> from. > >> > >> How many cards do you know of that exhibit this behaviour? > > I've tested not all of these card whether they return > 00:00:00:00:00:00 for the request, but I've tested some of them. At > least, all of these cards have MAC addresses (that match the vender > prefix) in CIS tupple or attribute memory. It's no surprise that the MAC would be in the CIS/attribute memory. It's not good, however, that you make a point specifying where to find the MAC in all cases rather than only those where it's actually needed. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\