Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:04:03 +0100 | From | Ivan Vecera <> | Subject | Re: r8169 MAC addresses broken |
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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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