netdev - Re: [patch 1/4] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card (regression in 2.6.23)

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Message-ID: <4967C9FF.6020504@garzik.org>
Date:	Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:04:47 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	michael.pyne@...mail.net, AAbdulla@...dia.com, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card
 (regression in 2.6.23)

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:23:38 -0500
> Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
> 
>>> On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:20:59 -0500 Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>> I'll just highlight this quoted bit for David...
>>
>> I've already posted a dmi_check_system() solution too
> 
> What is the status of that?  Where is it?

You were CC'd on it each time...  Here's a copy from the archives:

http://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg61096.html


>> -- you just need 
>> to fill in the motherboard details to fix the regression while keeping 
>> others' systems working.
> 
> Can you please tell Michael what info is needed to wrap this up?  And
> how he is to obtain it?

I think he posted dmidecode output.

I also think he said a BIOS update fixed the problem, at least according 
to the mail thread.

	Jeff


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