Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422964AbWJFVDK (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:03:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422970AbWJFVDK (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:03:10 -0400 Received: from hqemgate01.nvidia.com ([216.228.112.170]:53554 "EHLO HQEMGATE01.nvidia.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422964AbWJFVDJ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:03:09 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: forcedeth net driver: reverse mac address after pxe boot Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:02:58 -0700 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20061006191115.GA21526@tuxdriver.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: forcedeth net driver: reverse mac address after pxe boot Thread-Index: Acbpez5yNf5zr9/MSfusBDaU2LxclAADymLw From: "Ayaz Abdulla" To: "John W. Linville" Cc: "Alex Owen" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Oct 2006 21:02:58.0851 (UTC) FILETIME=[CD76C730:01C6E98A] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1634 Lines: 44 It is just a legacy bug that we have to live with. Newer chipsets will have the correct format in the BIOS. With the latest forcedeth driver and latest PXE you should not have any issues. Regards, Ayaz -----Original Message----- From: John W. Linville [mailto:linville@tuxdriver.com] Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:12 PM To: Ayaz Abdulla Cc: Alex Owen; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: forcedeth net driver: reverse mac address after pxe boot 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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/