On Wednesday 21 November 2007, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:34:52 -0800 > > "Ayaz Abdulla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The solution is to get the OEM to update their BIOS (instead of > > integrating this patch) since the MCP61 specs indicate that the MAC > > Address should be in correct order from BIOS. > > > > By changing the feature DEV_HAS_CORRECT_MACADDR to all MCP61 boards, it > > could cause it to break on other OEM systems who have implemented it > > correctly. > > Getting an OEM to fix their BIOS isn't always a simple thing... > > Perhaps Michael's change should be enabled by a module parameter for > those who happen to have the busted BIOS?
I have contacted the motherboard vendor about this a couple of weeks ago per Ayaz's request and have received no response. I've also upgraded to the latest firmware for this motherboard and the bug remains. I think it would be ideal if there were a way to detect broken MCP61's (i.e. those with a Gigabyte MAC ID instead of the nVidia one) and only reverse the MAC address then. A module parameter would also work but then I'd need to remember to apply it. :) Regards, - Michael Pyne
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