From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com>
Cc: jacliburn@bellsouth.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atl1: save mac address on remove
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:26:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <460BB092.5080001@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070328205151.A22317@redline.boston.redhat.com>
Chris Snook wrote:
> From: Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com>
>
> Some atl1 boards get their MAC address written directly to the register
> by the BIOS during POST, rather than storing it in EEPROM that's
> accessible to the driver. If the MAC register on one of these boards
> is changed and then the module is unloaded, the permanent MAC address
> will be forgotten until the box is rebooted. We should save the
> permanent address during removal if we've been messing with it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com>
applied, even though its a hack
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-29 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-29 0:51 [PATCH] atl1: save mac address on remove Chris Snook
2007-03-29 12:26 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2007-03-29 13:45 ` Chris Snook
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