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SubjectRe: r8169 MAC addresses broken
Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 10/28/2008 02:45 PM, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
>> Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>> Same thing if you unplug the battery ?
>>> Thanks, now it seems to be OK.
>> Well, perhaps reverting that patch was a bit premature?
>
> No, it helped after reverting that patch. I think we don't want defunct 2.6.28
> with these nics.
I cannot agree. IMO the problem was in the first version of the patch that didn't
check for invalid (zeroed) MAC address. In this case is necessary to power-off (desktop
case) or unplug the battery (notebook case).

>
>> If removing battery fixes the problem then it's not the EEPROM.
>
> Agreed.



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