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Date:	Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:11:30 -0400
From:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:	Ayaz Abdulla <AAbdulla@...dia.com>
Cc:	Alex Owen <r.alex.owen@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: forcedeth net driver: reverse mac address after pxe boot

On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:29:04AM -0700, Ayaz Abdulla wrote:
> This has been fixed in version "243.0537". You will have to request an
> updated BIOS from your board vendor.

Ayaz,

Can you explain the whole "reverse-order MAC address" thing?
Why/how does it end-up in that register backwards in the first place?
Does it serve some purpose that way?  Or is it just a bug that we
have to live with?

John
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John W. Linville
linville@...driver.com
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