[pkg-fso-maint] Bug#591604: uboot-envtools: fw_setenv refuses to set ethaddr, even though it can be set via uboot directly
Daniel Kahn Gillmor
dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Wed Aug 4 05:12:10 UTC 2010
Package: uboot-envtools
Version: 20081215-2
Severity: normal
when i try to use fw_setenv for the ethaddr variable on a Marvell
guruplug, i get this error (mac address is anonymized):
0 root at moo:~# fw_setenv ethaddr 00:f0:43:XX:XX:XX
Can't overwrite "ethaddr"
1 root at moo:~#
however, i'm able to reset the variable from the uboot bootloader directly:
Marvell>> setenv ethaddr 00:f0:43:XX:XX:XX
Marvell>> save
after which, the mac address does actually change (though i needed an
extra reboot).
So the source for fw_setenv seems to be unnecessarily restrictive.
Thanks for maintaining uboot-envtools!
--dkg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
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