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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:13:16 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: How to access a regular file from within a module ?
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Jon Masters wrote:
> 
> [NOTE: If you're doing embedded development and you don't have an EEPROM
> on your board, and you're asking this because someone told you to find
> the cheapest and nastiest solution in software, then look at passing in
> the desired MAC via the firmware, as many embedded boards already do. ]
> 

Or just have the startup scripts set it via ifconfig.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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