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Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:47:23 -0800 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: "Ayaz Abdulla" <AAbdulla@...dia.com> Cc: jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, michael.pyne@...mail.net, stable@...nel.org Subject: Re: [patch 2/8] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card (regression in 2.6.23) On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:34:52 -0800 "Ayaz Abdulla" <AAbdulla@...dia.com> wrote: > The solution is to get the OEM to update their BIOS (instead of > integrating this patch) since the MCP61 specs indicate that the MAC > Address should be in correct order from BIOS. > > By changing the feature DEV_HAS_CORRECT_MACADDR to all MCP61 boards, it > could cause it to break on other OEM systems who have implemented it > correctly. > Getting an OEM to fix their BIOS isn't always a simple thing... Perhaps Michael's change should be enabled by a module parameter for those who happen to have the busted BIOS? - 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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