David S. Miller wrote: > From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:07:51 -0800 > > > Some older bootcode in some devices may report 0 MAC address in > > SRAM when booting up from low power state. This patch fixes the > > problem by checking for a valid MAC address in SRAM and falling back > > to NVRAM if necessary. > > > > Thanks to walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for reporting the problem > > and helping to debug it. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Applied. > > Do we need to try to get this fix into the 2.6.16.x stable > branch?
2.6.16 does not power down the chip during tg3_close() so the problem is not exposed. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
