[Gllug] Read mac address from dvb card

[farnsaw at stonedoor.com]

-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Somers
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 4:06 PM
To: Greater London Linux Users Group
Subject: [Gllug] Read mac address from dvb card

Hi

Does anyone know a way to read MAC addresses from PCI DVB cards?

Some of the cards Im using (like hauppauge wintv nova) supply their mac
address when I load the linux-dvb driver, but others (like technisat
skystar) don't. 

I can of course read the mac address in ifconfig once I have created the
network interface, but this is an arbitary mac address that I can change
when I use dvbnet to do the filtering. I want the mac address that's
unique to the card. (Yes I know I could also read the mac off the
sticker on the back of the card, only these cards are in machines in
boats floating around the Med...)

I hoped to find something in /proc, but have drawn a blank; any
suggestions are most welcome.

-----End Original Message-----

Julian,

   Do you have a link to the manufacturer's information page for these
cards?

Thanks,

Andrew Farnsworth


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