Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262790AbVCXLzC (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:55:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263094AbVCXLzC (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:55:02 -0500 Received: from matlock.hofmann.stw.uni-erlangen.de ([131.188.24.35]:3746 "HELO mail.hofmann.stw.uni-erlangen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262790AbVCXLyy (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:54:54 -0500 Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:54:52 +0100 From: Peter Baumann To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Bug] invalid mac address after rebooting (kernel 2.6.11.5) Message-ID: <20050324115452.GA5561@xp.machine.de> References: <20050323122423.GA24316@faui00u.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <20050323185225.11097185.akpm@osdl.org> <20050324110102.GA30711@faui00u.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <20050324030751.6e150376.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050324030751.6e150376.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1981 Lines: 51 On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 03:07:51AM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > Peter Baumann wrote: > > > > > > > > The only PCI change I see is > > > > > > --- drivers/pci/pci.c 22 Jan 2005 03:20:37 -0000 1.71 > > > +++ drivers/pci/pci.c 24 Feb 2005 18:02:37 -0000 1.72 > > > @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ > > > return -EIO; > > > > > > pci_read_config_word(dev,pm + PCI_PM_PMC,&pmc); > > > - if ((pmc & PCI_PM_CAP_VER_MASK) != 2) { > > > + if ((pmc & PCI_PM_CAP_VER_MASK) > 2) { > > > printk(KERN_DEBUG > > > "PCI: %s has unsupported PM cap regs version (%u)\n", > > > dev->slot_name, pmc & PCI_PM_CAP_VER_MASK); > > > > > > and you're not getting that message (are you?) > > > > > > > Reverting the above patch solved it. But _now_ I get the message. > > (dmesg output with above patch reverted at the end of the mail) > > Greg, help! > > > > Nothing much in arch/i386.. > > > > > > There were some ACPI changes, which is always a worry ;) Does that machine > > > run OK without ACPI support? If so, could you determine whether disabling > > > ACPI fixes things up? > > > > > Hm. I tried it with 2.6.11.5 by appending acpi=off at the cmdline but > > as I remember it hasn't changed anything. Or do I have to specify > > someting else at the commandline to deactivate acpi? > > We like to change these things so people send us more email. > > According to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt, acpi=off should still work. > Yes. That's were I was looking for :-) Sorry for my bad english but I meant that switching acpi off did not change anything releated to the bug. Of course it deactivates acpi. Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/