Re: rtl8187 behavior change/breakage with 3.2.1-3.fc16.x86_64<->3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64

[Hin-Tak Leung <htl10@users.sourceforge.net>]

--- On Mon, 30/1/12, John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:51:32AM
> +0000, Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> > --- On Sun, 29/1/12, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
> 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.
> 
> When I integrated compat-wireless into the Fedora kernels,
> I
> left it using the in-kernel eeprom_93cx6 driver. 
> Apparently some
> incompatiblity has krept-in, and several wireless drives
> stopped
> working.  I have changed the fedora kernels to use the
> version of
> eeprom_93cx6 now, so the next build should work alright.

Thanks for checking! I'll await the next fedora update. No prob - these things happen from time to time: living life on the bleeding-edge!

Hin-Tak