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

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Message-ID: <47A8B43D.5070601@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:08:45 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	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)

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:20:59 -0500 Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> 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.
> 
> OK :)  I added the above to the changelog for next time.
> 
> You guys can hide, but this patch isn't going away!

In the original thread, I even posted a 
fill-in-the-blanks-with-the-motherboard-name patch.  I'll attach it again...

	Jeff




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