How to change MAC address on RPI-B?

Ian Lepore ian at freebsd.org
Sat Nov 26 17:58:41 UTC 2016


On Sat, 2016-11-26 at 18:32 +0100, diffusae wrote:
> Hi Ian,
> 
> I've applied it to the sysutils/u-boot-rpi port and test the package
> with the RPI-B. The configured usbethaddr is set in the u-boot
> environment, but it will not passed to the kernel via the FTD blob.
> The
> FreeBSD kernel always have the BIA of the NIC.
> 
> But I think, you are right, the RPis FTD data is available before the
> u-boot enviroment is set.
> 
> So unfortunately that doesn't work a the moment.
> 
> Best regards,

It also requires a change to sys/boot/fdt/dts/arm/rpi.dts and recompile
and put the new rpi.dtb file on the fat partition of the sdcard.  I
just committed the change for that as r309195.

This stuff does work, I tested it last night.

-- Ian


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