Return-path: Received: from nm23-vm2.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com ([212.82.109.231]:21544 "HELO nm23-vm2.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751097Ab2A3Lvg convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:51:36 -0500 Message-ID: <1327924292.6683.YahooMailClassic@web29506.mail.ird.yahoo.com> (sfid-20120130_125139_656589_7A6F602A) Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:51:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Hin-Tak Leung Reply-To: htl10@users.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: rtl8187 behavior change/breakage with 3.2.1-3.fc16.x86_64<->3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64 To: Larry Finger Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, "John W. Linville" , Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski In-Reply-To: <4F25BD09.3060607@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --- On Sun, 29/1/12, Larry Finger wrote: > > This may be a fedora-specific problem - I noticed that > just after booting into the new fedora kernel > (3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64), I am getting a strange message from > the kernel: > > > > rtl8187: Invalid hwaddr! Using randomly generated MAC > address > I just checked, and rtl8187 works fine with my RTL8187L > using 3.3-rc1 from > wireless-testing. I don't know where the problem occurs. Thanks for looking. It is mostly likely a fedora-specific problem then. Unless John has any idea, I'll eventually unpacking the fedora kernel source if the problem persists for another kernel. Cheers, Hin-Tak P.S. Herton's e-mail seems to have changed.