Re: forcedeth net driver: reverse mac address after pxe boot

Alex Owen
2006-10-06T14:37:24Z

On 05/10/06, Ayaz Abdulla <AAbdulla@nvidia.com> wrote:
> The BIOS will write to the mac address register. The address will be
> written in reverse order.
(Why does the BIOS have to write it out in reverse order? Seems a bit
odd to my simple mind!)

> This bug has already been fixed in the PXE code. Can you let me know
> what version of PXE you are running (it should display the version on
> the screen during boot up)?
I was booting with "Nvidia Boot Agent 240.0532" when I encountered this issue.

Alex Owen