Re: [patch 2/8] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card (regression in 2.6.23)

2007-11-21 Thread Jesper Juhl
On 22/11/2007, Michael Pyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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) s

Re: [patch 2/8] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card (regression in 2.6.23)

2007-11-21 Thread Michael Pyne
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

Re: [patch 2/8] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card (regression in 2.6.23)

2007-11-21 Thread Andrew Morton
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_

RE: [patch 2/8] forcedeth: fix MAC address detection on network card (regression in 2.6.23)

2007-11-21 Thread Ayaz Abdulla
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