[MinnowBoard] How can I set MAC address in EFI shell!?

[John 'Warthog9' Hawley]

On 07/10/2015 10:27 AM, Gerard Bucas wrote:
> Somehow my MAC address on one of my minnowBoard MAX's got screwed up.
> 
> Does anyone know how to write a new address into nvram (or wherever it is
> stored) using the EFI shell?
> 
> I am using latest 0.81 firmware.
> 
> While on this topic, how is the MAC address initially created during
> manufacturing (is there some utility the factory runs to set the MAC address
> for each new minnow board produced)? Also where exactly is it stored?
> 
> My firmware got corrupted (so I "bricked" this board) and had to use my
> DediProg SF100 to write a new (0.81) firmware to the flash chip. After that
> it boots fine and everything seems back to normal but somehow my MAC address
> got screwed up in the process.
> 
> I own a number of minnowMAX boards and have noticed that the MAC address is
> normally "retained" even when one completely erases and re-writes the flash
> memory chip (using a DediProg SF100), so this says to me that the MAC
> address is not stored in the same flash memory chip that contains the
> firmware/BIOS.
> 
> Would like to learn more about this...

The MAC address for the NIC isn't stored in the nvram firmware, and the
process of writing it into the NIC itself is permanent.  What exactly
are you seeing with your MAC address?  Is it all 0's?

- John 'Warthog9' Hawley