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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
> eth0: RTL8168b/8111b at 0xffffc200042b0000, 00:00:00:00:00:00, XID 38000000

I think we need drivers or maybe some tool to save contents of those
little EEPROM / flash NVM configuration chips before it's too late.
First the ICH* e1000e corruption and now GbE RTL.
--
Krzysztof Halasa


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