[ECOS] network support

[Gary Thomas]

On 14-Feb-2001 Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
> 
> 
>> > I thought the MAC address was factory-programmed into the EEPROM that's 
>> attached to
>> > the CS8900A Ethernet chip. Why does redboot require me to specify one 
>> manually? (I
>>
>>The EEPROM isn't really supported (contributions welcome, of course) 
>>because none
>>of the boards provided to us by Cirrus Logic has working EEPROMs on 
>>them.  In fact,
> 
> Tres bizarre!
> 
> Am I correct in assuming then that I can choose any value I like, as long 
> as it's unique?

Yes.  In fact, it really only needs to be unique within your LAN, since
hardware addresses do not cross through gateways.