Re: Getting a stable MAC address for a RPI CM3+ with ue0 interface

On 9/25/23 23:57, Ronald Klop wrote:
> On 9/25/23 22:34, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>> Am 25.09.2023 um 22:26 schrieb Ronald Klop <ronald@FreeBSD.org>:
>>> The method ether_gen_addr() generates a MAC address bases on hostuuid and interface name. Maybe not ideal, bu a lot better then a random MAC.
>>
>> I do not understand why "we" as a project do not got the RPi Foundation documented way?
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> I can't help you on this question. I don't know either.
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>>> It would be nice to see more information from the panic. Can you make a picture or movie of the screen while this happens?
>>> Or does the system make a kernel crashdump? See "dumpdev" in /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
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>> Of course. I have one more CM3+ that is not part of my TuringPi cluster that I can
>> use for that. Can't promise tomorrow, but sometime this week.
>>
>> Could you send me your patch in an archived binary format in direct email, please?
>> I manually applied the changes, because my MUA or whatever intermediate system
>> converted tabs to spaces and the patch did not apply automatically. Possibly I made some mistake.
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> See attachment. I hope it gets through the list. I'll try to create a PR with the patch soon.


Mmm of course I was playing around and the patch in the mail contains a leftover line which does not compile. See the PR for the working patch.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=274092

Ronald


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>> Kind regards,
>> Patrick