Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755463AbYJBVsU (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:48:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751901AbYJBVsF (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:48:05 -0400 Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.204.238]:5975 "EHLO qb-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755366AbYJBVsD (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:48:03 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=A6mpvon8XxSC7GgX6mkyBP6O7Phzq/z2RAD5SLBa6WWZuXJ5arOj/Fztlb9Eku5ZX1 fqd4V3cI4E/2eBMrHLwS5tAxXSNrPkI5YkslJgfIQmNWrVFLLdIzPe3oxeF2AVwEVp1e 0OrnbSsGBC0ngzRO29xotG20CwibjbFFi3qgA= Message-ID: <48E5418D.3000307@devnull.org> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:47:57 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080922) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: FYI: e1000e: corruption, Lenovo/IBM are replacing my MB. References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Niel Lambrechts Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2113 Lines: 48 On 10/02/2008 05:30 PM, Lee.Mathers@tcafs.org wrote: > Fyi, lenovo/ibm(Canada) are replacing the Motherboard on my T61 (6465-9TU) > Intel®82566DC Gigabit Network Card. MAC ADDRR now read's FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF > > (wink) I did not advise them that it may have been caused by a hiccup/glitch in the Linux Kernel and/or the e1000e driver for said system. I have not followed all of this too closely, and installed linux-2.6.27-rc7-33 (OpenSUSE's KOTD) kernel in an attempt to get its wireless card going. When I booted I briefly saw a NVRAM warning and my laptop ended hanging on Firewall Initialization, without ever getting to a login prompt. I immediately remembered this bug, but strangely seem not to be affected, since I could still use the card to connect to the internet after rebooting in 2.6.26. My laptop's a Lenovo W500 with a fairly similar card: # lspci|grep -i ethernet 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) My EEP shows Offset Values ------ ------ 0x0000 00 1c 25 95 93 ec 00 08 ff ff 83 10 ff ff ff ff 0x0010 08 10 ff ff c3 10 ee 20 aa 17 f5 10 86 80 00 00 0x0020 01 0d 00 00 00 00 05 86 20 30 00 0a 00 00 8b 8d 0x0030 02 06 40 2b 43 00 00 00 f5 10 ad ba f5 10 bf 10 0x0040 ad ba cb 10 ad ba ad ba 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0x0050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0x0060 00 01 00 40 18 13 07 40 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 0x0070 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 33 cb 0x0080 20 60 1f 00 02 00 13 00 00 80 1d 00 ff 00 16 00 0x0090 dd cc 18 00 11 20 17 00 dd dd 18 00 12 20 17 00 0x00a0 00 80 1d 00 00 00 1f 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ... all ff ... 0x0ff0 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff I hope it is still okay/valid!!? Niel -- 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/