diff -purN elilo-3.5-pre2/glue_netfs.c elilo-3.5-MAC/glue_netfs.c
--- elilo-3.5-pre2/glue_netfs.c	2004-02-20 23:30:37.000000000 +0100
+++ elilo-3.5-MAC/glue_netfs.c	2005-12-07 15:19:45.655191368 +0100
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ static CHAR16 netfs_default_path[FILENAM
 static CHAR16 *hexa=L"0123456789ABCDEF";
 
 static VOID
+convert_mac2hex(UINT8 *hw_addr,INTN l, CHAR16 *str)
+{
+ 	UINTN i;
+	for (i=0 ; i < l; i++) {
+		str[3*i] = hexa[(hw_addr[i] & 0xf0)>>4];
+		str[3*i+1] = hexa[hw_addr[i] & 0x0f];
+		str[3*i+2] = ':';
+	}
+	str[3*l-1]='\0';
+}
+ 
+static VOID
 convert_ip2hex(UINT8 *ip, INTN l, CHAR16 *str)
 {
 	UINTN i;
@@ -197,6 +209,12 @@ netfs_setdefaults(VOID *intf, config_fil
 
 		StrnCpy(config[6].fname, str, maxlen-1);
 		StrnCpy(config[6].fname+2, CONFIG_EXTENSION, 6);
+
+		/* use the MAC address as a possible file name as well */
+		convert_mac2hex(info.hw_addr,6,str);
+		StrnCpy(config[7].fname, str, maxlen-1);
+		StrnCpy(config[7].fname+17, CONFIG_EXTENSION, 6);
+		   
 #else
 		StrnCpy(config[0].fname, NETFS_DEFAULT_CONFIG, maxlen-1);
 		config[0].fname[maxlen-1] = CHAR_NULL;