From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266492AbUGUL2X (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:28:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266494AbUGUL2W (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:28:22 -0400 Received: from mail1.bluewin.ch ([195.186.1.74]:38840 "EHLO mail1.bluewin.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266492AbUGUL2O (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:28:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:28:03 +0200 From: Roger Luethi To: Lee Revell Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.8-rc2: 'Invalid MAC address' error with via-rhine driver Message-ID: <20040721112803.GB9537@k3.hellgate.ch> Mail-Followup-To: Lee Revell , linux-kernel References: <1090369207.841.1.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1090369207.841.1.camel@mindpipe> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.8-rc2-bk1 on i686 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 92 F4 DC 20 57 46 7B 95 24 4E 9E E7 5A 54 DC 1B X-GPG: 1024/80E744BD wwwkeys.ch.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:20:17 -0400, Lee Revell wrote: > I get the following error trying to load the via-rhine module with > kernel 2.6.8-rc2. I did not get this error with 2.6.8-rc1-mm1. > > Jul 20 20:11:13 mindpipe kernel: via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.1.20-2.6 May-23-2004 Written by Donald Becker > Jul 20 20:11:13 mindpipe kernel: Invalid MAC address for card #0 > Jul 20 20:11:13 mindpipe kernel: via-rhine: probe of 0000:00:12.0 failed with error -5 The problem is known (see my other postings), but the cause is not. I cannot reproduce the problem, if you are willing to conduct a binary search with no more than 4 steps, I'll send you the relevant patches. Roger