Restore MAC address, PCIe network after firmware update?

Mixtile Blade 3 (Mixtile Cluster Box)
#1

I’ve followed the instructions at GitHub - mixtile-rockchip/ubuntu-rockchip: Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04 for Rockchip RK35XX Devices and used the Rockchip Format Image to upgrade, which isn’t supposed to overwrite the Blade MAC or serial (if they’re separate things?)… and the MAC has changed :frowning:

All Blade 3s originally had MAC OUI c8:8e:d1 for both external interfaces, whereas now both have Locally Administered MACs.

How do I fix this, and restore the device to having the original MAC addresses?

Am I also correct in saying that the Mixtile Ubuntu image doesn’t include the Mixtile MIOP driver to enable PCIe networking? How can I restore this functionality with this release’s kernel:

$ sudo insmod /lib/modules/5.10.66/miop-control.ko 
[ 2478.645051] miop_control: version magic '5.10.66 SMP mod_unload aarch64' should be '6.1.0-1020-rockchip SMP mod_unload modversions aarch64'
insmod: ERROR: could not insert module /lib/modules/5.10.66/miop-control.ko: Invalid module format
Restore MAC address after firmware update?
#2

Hey @admins could I get some support here, please?

It’s been almost a month without a reply - and this is using what is (so far as I can tell) an official Mixtile image and following the official Mixtile-advised process.

Additionally, without the mop-control module the PCIe network capability of the Cluster Box is lost.

Is the Cluster Box effectively an abandoned product at this point? :tired_face:

#3

Here is an Ubuntu 24.04 firmware with miop drivers that you can install and use. http://downloads.mixtile.com/cluster-box/image-release-rockchip-format-mixtile-blade3-ubuntu-240715.img.xz

#4

Great! Does this image also include your patch from Restore MAC address after firmware update? - #5 by Buyuliang?

#5

The current firmware is not included in this mac patch, we plan to fix this part in the next release, and for now we recommend the previous fix strategy