Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932455AbWJFTLn (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:11:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932450AbWJFTLn (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:11:43 -0400 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:45324 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422658AbWJFTLm (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:11:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:11:30 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Ayaz Abdulla Cc: Alex Owen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: forcedeth net driver: reverse mac address after pxe boot Message-ID: <20061006191115.GA21526@tuxdriver.com> References: <55c223960610060737p1a5fda6bl95547accc7d96468@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 692 Lines: 20 On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 10:29:04AM -0700, Ayaz Abdulla wrote: > This has been fixed in version "243.0537". You will have to request an > updated BIOS from your board vendor. Ayaz, Can you explain the whole "reverse-order MAC address" thing? Why/how does it end-up in that register backwards in the first place? Does it serve some purpose that way? Or is it just a bug that we have to live with? John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com - 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/