Can't overwrite "serial#" and Can't overwrite "ethaddr"

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Can't overwrite "serial#" and Can't overwrite "ethaddr"

by WESS GATES :: Rate this Message:

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Hello Everyone,

I have a connex400xm and a roboaudiostix coupled with a tweener. I just updated to the latest build root and uboot and cut the left trace from the tweener as described by the robostix modification page. I get------ Can't overwrite "serial#" and Can't overwrite "ethaddr" as shown below. I searched the threads and I saw some discussions on similar errors. One thread pointed to duplicate MAC info but I did not find a clear reason or solution if this in fast anything to worry about?

Do serial ports have "hard coded" IDs such as MAC in ethernet cards? How are they related?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

U-Boot 1.2.0 (Jul 10 2008 - 00:17:10) - 400 MHz - 1614

*** Welcome to Gumstix ***

DRAM:  64 MB
Flash: 16 MB
SMC91C1111-0
Can't overwrite "serial#"
Can't overwrite "ethaddr"
Net:   SMC91C1111-0
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
Instruction Cache is ON
Copying kernel to 0xa2000000 from 0x00f00000 (length 0x00100000)...done
## Booting image at a2000000 ...
   Image Name:   uImage
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    925024 Bytes = 903.3 kB
   Load Address: a0008000
   Entry Point:  a0008000
OK

Cheers,

Wess
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Re: Can't overwrite "serial#" and Can't overwrite "ethaddr"

by Dave Hylands :: Rate this Message:

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Hi Wess,

> I have a connex400xm and a roboaudiostix coupled with a tweener. I just updated to the latest build root and uboot and cut the left trace from the tweener as described by the robostix modification page. I get------ Can't overwrite "serial#" and Can't overwrite "ethaddr" as shown below. I searched the threads and I saw some discussions on similar errors. One thread pointed to duplicate MAC info but I did not find a clear reason or solution if this in fast anything to worry about?

This is a normal message. I think it will go away if you drop into
u-boot and do a saveenv.

> Do serial ports have "hard coded" IDs such as MAC in ethernet cards? How are they related?

No, serial ports do not have ID's like a MAC address.

Ethernet MAC ID's are globally unique and are the fundamental
low-level address used for network communcication. The ARP protocol is
used to translate between MAC addresses and IP addresses.

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