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Subject: Re: [9fans] unique MAC address allocation?
From: Charles Forsyth <forsyth@terzarima.net>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:27:07 +0100
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>>Many cards, not just new ones, permit overriding the default MAC
>>address and the plan 9 drivers generally support this (with
>>ea=XXXXXXXXXXXX in the ether's plan9.ini entry).

indeed most cards require the address to be read from somewhere else (eg, EEPROM)
and explicitly programmed into the device proper, so that being
able to override it is not unusual.