linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/4] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card (regression in 2.6.23)

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Message-ID: <47A8AD40.7010007@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:38:56 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	michael.pyne@...mail.net, AAbdulla@...dia.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card
 (regression in 2.6.23)

Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> 
> NAK - this fixes one set of users, and breaks a working set of users.
> 
> Need to add DMI check for the specific motherboard (dmi_check_system), 
> and flip flag according to success/failure of that check.
> 

Either that, or detect the Gigabyte prefix used as a suffix, since they 
seem to be the source of this particular f*ckup.

	-hpa
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