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SubjectRe: r8169 MAC addresses broken
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Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> writes:

> However I may have a hw failure or some bug overwrote my eeprom, I see this
> in current mmotm:
> r8169 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
> r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
> r8169 0000:06:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
> r8169 0000:06:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
> r8169: mac_version = 0x0c
> r8169 0000:06:00.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
> r8169: MAC address found in EEPROM: 00:00:00:00:00:00

Note there is no msg about missing EEPROM signature. I wonder what
exactly is in the EEPROM. A modified (and again reversed) "[PATCH 1/1]
r8169: revert "read MAC address from EEPROM on init" should be able to
show it.

There seem to be a DOS tool on RTL WWW to change the EEPROM data.
--
Krzysztof Halasa


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