> This is good in theory, however the intel 82586 ethernet chip
> (and 596 in 586 mode) will overwrite anything you put there anyhow
> as it treats the header specially and fabricates it.
> (unless you are running in some mode that is not usually used).
can you clarify this ? Looong ago i used the '586 on a bridge and it did let
me write the MAC header...
cheers
luigi
> I don't know how many other chips do this but it may be misleading
> for the user who sets this on such a chip because the source
> address he sets will not be put on the wire.
>
> The idea is however useful and I guess we'll try add it in
> in the near future...
> What do you think Archie?
> Are we still in code freeze? (I think so).
>
> Julian
>
> >
> > thanks,
> > emax
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