From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 06:25:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 06:25:29 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-5-cust12.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.121.12]:4089 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 06:25:29 -0400 Subject: Re: ethtool documentation From: Alan Cox To: root@chaos.analogic.com Cc: Chris Friesen , "Randy.Dunlap" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, abraham@2d3d.co.za In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 07 Aug 2002 12:47:43 +0100 Message-Id: <1028720863.18130.262.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2002-08-07 at 02:57, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > DECnet used dynamically assigned MAC addresses from the beginning and > > Digital (now Compaq (now HP)) were one of the creators of the original > > DIX ethernet standard > > > > Thats why several boards allow you to have a pair of receiving MAC > > addresses. > > > > That's not the MAC address. That's the multicast hash. They are > different. The MAC address says who you are. The multicast hash No thats a unicast address not a multicast hash entry. Go read the Decnet protocol specifications