[linux-dvb] Re: Problem with Skystar2 MAC address

[w-thiel@gmx.net]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 03:58:08PM +0100, Luca Abeni wrote:
> ....
> I can confirm that ifconfig shows 00:00:00:00:00:00 as a MAC address. I
> guess the driver fails to read the MAC address from the eeprom (or
> something similar)?
>
Same here: reading the eeprom at startup fails.
This seems to be happening only with some cards: it's not working with
my SS 2.6B, but it's at others, also using 2.6B.

> Does anyone know how to read the MAC address of a skystar2 card?
>
Have a look at the sources; last time I checked, there also were
(commented) routines to _write_ to the eeprom.

Wolfgang