tis 2007-09-18 klockan 21:09 +0200 skrev Wolfgang Denk:
In message 20070918211917.GJ25557@GNU you wrote:
Check the config file for the board you are referring. For eg, the ADS board i refer to have the following configurations for setting the ip and the mac respectively.
#define CONFIG_IPADDR 192.168.1.253
#define CONFIG_ETHADDR 00:E0:0C:00:00:FD
It is a terrible bad idea to set the IP address and especially the MAC address of your board in the config file, as then all your boards will share the same address, which will cause only trouble.
DO NOT DO THIS!!!
Unless you use this functionality to simplify factory programming of the device.
By having a compile time setup of ethaddr/ipaddr/serverip, you can easily connect to a production PC using a twisted cable.
The production PC is equipped with a secondary ethernet board which is configured as "serverip".
If this "feature" is used, it must be possible to reconfigure the ethaddr/ipaddr combination to something unique. You do not want to ship this to end customers. An autoscript at the production PC can do this as part of the production programming.
it is probably advisable to disallow booting the linux kernel if the ethaddr/ipaddr has not changed.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk