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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:45:09 -0400 From: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> CC: jacliburn@...lsouth.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] atl1: save mac address on remove Jeff Garzik wrote: > Chris Snook wrote: >> From: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com> >> >> Some atl1 boards get their MAC address written directly to the register >> by the BIOS during POST, rather than storing it in EEPROM that's >> accessible to the driver. If the MAC register on one of these boards >> is changed and then the module is unloaded, the permanent MAC address >> will be forgotten until the box is rebooted. We should save the >> permanent address during removal if we've been messing with it. >> >> Signed-off-by: Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com> > > applied, even though its a hack Oh, it's definitely a hack, but the hardware it's supporting is a hack, so we have to work with it. Thanks. -- Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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