From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH] atl1: save mac address on remove Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:26:58 -0400 Message-ID: <460BB092.5080001@garzik.org> References: <20070328205151.A22317@redline.boston.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jacliburn@bellsouth.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Chris Snook Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:52537 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753394AbXC2M1A (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:27:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070328205151.A22317@redline.boston.redhat.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Chris Snook wrote: > From: Chris Snook > > 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 applied, even though its a hack