linux-kernel - Re: forcedeth: MAC-address reversed on resume from suspend

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Message-Id: <20080107.232355.228915298.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:23:55 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	B.Steinbrink@....de
Cc:	arbrandes@...il.com, bunk@...nel.org, andi@...as.de,
	richie@...erworld.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	aabdulla@...dia.com, jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: forcedeth: MAC-address reversed on resume from suspend

From: Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@....de>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 02:46:38 +0100

> On 2008.01.06 19:49:49 -0200, Adolfo R. Brandes wrote:
> >  I have this forcedeth MAC address reversal problem when suspending
> > on 2 distinct boxes.  I can confirm Steinbrink's patch fixes the
> > problem on only one of them:
> > 
> > 00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev f3)
> > 
> >  On the other one the problem persists:
> > 
> > 00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
> 
> Thanks. Leaves me pretty clueless though. Especially since it worked for
> Richard, who also has a MCP51. In a private mail, you said that you had
> hardcoded the mac address in the source. Any chance that you applied the
> patch on your modified sources and didn't get it right?

I am going to push this patch upstream, it is correct and we
have a positive test case that failed before, so overall it's
a net improvement even if we still don't exactly know why
Adolfo's case still fails.

Let me know if there are any follow-on patches.

Thanks.
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