--- forcedeth.c.orig	2006-06-19 13:10:32.000000000 +0100
+++ forcedeth.c	2006-10-20 17:52:33.000000000 +0100
@@ -4784,12 +4784,39 @@
 	np->orig_mac[0] = readl(base + NvRegMacAddrA);
 	np->orig_mac[1] = readl(base + NvRegMacAddrB);
 
+/* RAO FIXME - if mac address is reversed (test oid) then flip into dev_addr then strait copy to orig mac... THEN continue */
+
+        if ( ( (np->orig_mac[0] >> 16) & 0xff ) == 0x17 &&
+             ( (np->orig_mac[0] >>  8) & 0xff ) == 0x16 &&
+             ( (np->orig_mac[0] >>  0) & 0xff ) == 0x00 )
+                { /* mac address is reveresed (PXE bug) so copy into dev_addr */
+                        dev->dev_addr[0] = (np->orig_mac[1] >>  8) & 0xff;
+                        dev->dev_addr[1] = (np->orig_mac[1] >>  0) & 0xff;
+                        dev->dev_addr[2] = (np->orig_mac[0] >> 24) & 0xff;
+                        dev->dev_addr[3] = (np->orig_mac[0] >> 16) & 0xff;
+                        dev->dev_addr[4] = (np->orig_mac[0] >>  8) & 0xff;
+                        dev->dev_addr[5] = (np->orig_mac[0] >>  0) & 0xff;
+                  /* Now copy "reveresed" into orig_mac */
+                        np->orig_mac[0] = (dev->dev_addr[0] << 0) + (dev->dev_addr[1] << 8) +
+                                          (dev->dev_addr[2] << 16) + (dev->dev_addr[3] << 24);
+                        np->orig_mac[1] = (dev->dev_addr[4] << 0) + (dev->dev_addr[5] << 8);
+
+                        printk(KERN_ERR "forcedeth: REVERSED Mac address detected: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
+                        dev->dev_addr[0], dev->dev_addr[1], dev->dev_addr[2],
+                        dev->dev_addr[3], dev->dev_addr[4], dev->dev_addr[5]);
+	                printk(KERN_ERR "Fixing MAC address.\n");
+                }
+
 	dev->dev_addr[0] = (np->orig_mac[1] >>  8) & 0xff;
 	dev->dev_addr[1] = (np->orig_mac[1] >>  0) & 0xff;
 	dev->dev_addr[2] = (np->orig_mac[0] >> 24) & 0xff;
 	dev->dev_addr[3] = (np->orig_mac[0] >> 16) & 0xff;
 	dev->dev_addr[4] = (np->orig_mac[0] >>  8) & 0xff;
 	dev->dev_addr[5] = (np->orig_mac[0] >>  0) & 0xff;
+       	printk(KERN_ERR "forcedeth: using Mac address: %02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n",
+			dev->dev_addr[0], dev->dev_addr[1], dev->dev_addr[2],
+			dev->dev_addr[3], dev->dev_addr[4], dev->dev_addr[5]);
+
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE > KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,13)
 	memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);