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nightmorph 06/09/20 10:02:42 |
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Modified: gentoo-sparc-faq.xml |
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Log: |
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Updated Sparc FAQ for bug 148276 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.12 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml?rev=1.12&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml?rev=1.12&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml?r1=1.11&r2=1.12 |
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Index: gentoo-sparc-faq.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.11 |
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retrieving revision 1.12 |
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diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12 |
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--- gentoo-sparc-faq.xml 26 May 2006 20:55:10 -0000 1.11 |
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+++ gentoo-sparc-faq.xml 20 Sep 2006 10:02:42 -0000 1.12 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml,v 1.11 2006/05/26 20:55:10 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml,v 1.12 2006/09/20 10:02:42 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-faq.xml"> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.7</version> |
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-<date>2006-05-26</date> |
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+<version>1.8</version> |
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+<date>2006-09-20</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Documentation Notes</title> |
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</ul> |
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<p> |
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-Also, Gentoo/SPARC developer Sven Blumenstein keeps a list of PC hardware that |
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-has been tested with the PCI based SPARC64 systems at |
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-<uri>http://dev.gentoo.org/~bazik/hw.php</uri>. Feel free to add your results |
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-at testing PC or non-Sun hardware to the list by emailing <mail |
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-link="bazik@g.o">bazik@g.o</mail> with the information on the |
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-hardware as displayed in the existing hardware list. |
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+Also, the Gentoo/SPARC team maintains a <uri |
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+link="/proj/en/base/sparc/hwlist.xml">list of non-Sun PCI hardware that has |
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+been tested on Gentoo/SPARC</uri>. To submit additions to the list, email |
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+<mail>sparc@g.o</mail> with the information on the hardware as displayed |
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+in the existing hardware list. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-The UltraLinux FAQ has the answer at |
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-<uri>http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_2_1</uri>. |
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+The <uri link="http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#q_2_1">UltraLinux FAQ</uri> |
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+has the answer. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+</body> |
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+</section> |
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+<section> |
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+<title>My box has more than one Sun Ethernet device. Why do they all have the |
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+same MAC address and how do I fix it?</title> |
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+<body> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+First, the reason they all they all have the same setting is due to a value in |
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+OpenBoot PROM (OBP). The story goes that in times past, it was assumed that if |
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+a host had multiple interfaces, the interfaces would not reside on the same |
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+Ethernet and therefore having the MAC address unique to a machine rather than |
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+to a NIC wouldn't be a problem. As time went on and different technologies |
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+developed, the opposite was proven. |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+As for fixing the issue, there are two ways to it; from OBP and from Linux. The |
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+OBP variable <c>local-mac-address?</c> controls this behavior. The following |
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+commands will help you to determine what <c>local-mac-address?</c> is set to: |
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+</p> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="View local-mac-address? setting from OBP"> |
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+ok <i>printenv local-mac-address?</i> |
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+local-mac-address? = false |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="View local-mac-address? setting from Linux"> |
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+# <i>eeprom local-mac-address?</i> |
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+local-mac-address?=false |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<p> |
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+As you'll notice from the samples above, <c>local-mac-address?</c> is set to |
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+<b>false</b>. This will cause all interfaces on a SPARC to use the same MAC |
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+address. To change this behavior, use either of the commands below (depending |
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+on whether you do it from OBP or Linux): |
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+</p> |
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+<pre caption="Set local-mac-address? from OBP"> |
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+ok <i>setenv local-mac-address?=true</i> |
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+local-mac-address? = true |
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+</pre> |
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+ |
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+<pre caption="Set local-mac-address? from Linux"> |
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+# <i>eeprom local-mac-address?=true</i> |
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+</pre> |
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+<p> |
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+Note that you may need to reboot to see the changes take affect. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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