On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:07:28 +0100 Bernd Petrovitsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 12:39 +0700, Theewara Vorakosit wrote: > [...] > > I get MAC address from ioctl. However, ifconfig can change this MAC > > address. Can I get a real physical MAC address of the NIC? > > - You can get the initial MAC address right after bootup before anyone > changes it. > - Some (if not many if not all) of the drivers output it on > driver initialization time so you could read it from `dmesg` or > some /var/log/messages or ..... > There is no "get initial MAC address" ioctl (but it's not that > complicated to implement it). > > Bernd There is already ethtool interface to get what you want (ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR) -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
