--- u-boot-1.1.4/lib_arm/board.c	2005-12-16 17:39:27.000000000 +0100
+++ u-boot-1.1.4-at91-koan/lib_arm/board.c	2006-05-20 10:50:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -332,6 +333,10 @@ void start_armboot (void)
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111 || CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96 */
 
+#ifdef AT91_PROGRAM_MACADDR
+	eth_init(gd->bd) ;	// quick and dirty patch to set MAC address
+#endif /* AT91_PROGRAM_MACADDR */
+	
 	/* Initialize from environment */
 	if ((s = getenv ("loadaddr")) != NULL) {
 		load_addr = simple_strtoul (s, NULL, 16);