[ltp] WG511 PCMCIA with 2 Mac addresses (Mandriva)

[Tim Prince]

Mauro Maroni wrote:
> Richard:
> 
> Here is what I found:
> 
> gentoo mauro # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop
>  * Unmounting network filesystems ...                                     
> [ ok ]
>  * Stopping eth0
>  *   Bringing down eth0
>  *     Shutting down eth0 ...                                             
> [ ok ]
> 
> After this, it is still showing the real MAC:
> 
> gentoo mauro # cat /sys/class/net/eth0/address
> 00:09:5b:e6:c5:aa
> 
> gentoo mauro # rmmod prism54
> 
> At this point, the card no longer exists in /sys/class/net.
> And ifconfig only shows the loopback interface
> 
> gentoo mauro # cardctl eject
> 
> If I reinsert the card at this point, it is detected, prism54 module is loaded 
> and then eth0 comes up with the real MAC. 
> 
> So I did it all again but moving isl3890 firmware to another place.
> Reinserted the card, it is detected and prism54 loaded.
> eth0 does not come up (no firmware).And now yes, I get the bogus MAC:
> 
> gentoo mauro # cat /sys/class/net/eth0/address
> 00:30:b4:00:00:00
> 
> Then I put isl3890 back in place and tried to bring the card up.
> It comes up without issues:
> 
> gentoo mauro # /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start
>  * Starting eth0
>  *   Configuring wireless network for eth0
>  *     eth0 connected to "NETGEAR" at 00:09:5B:DD:FA:6E
>  *   Bringing up eth0
>  *     10.0.0.100                                                                                                                      
> [ ok ]
>  *   Adding routes
>  *     default gw 10.0.0.2 ...                                                                                                         
> [ ok ]
> 
> gentoo mauro # cat /sys/class/net/eth0/address
> 00:09:5b:e6:c5:aa
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Mauro
> 
> On Saturday 01 April 2006 20:46, Richard Neill wrote:
> 
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