Re: [SLE] *** EEPROM MAC address is invalid. 3c905B

On Monday 20 June 2005 03:52, Clayton wrote:

On 6/20/05, Steven T. Hatton wrote:

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I've been having a problem with my ethernet card not initializing when the system is booted. This has happened on two different systems, with the same kind of NIC.

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3c59x: vortex_probe1 fails. Returns -22 3c59x: probe of 0000:00:0c.0 failed with error -22

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This seems to be a known problem with the driver. Take a look here: http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg78894.html

There is a patch included on the page... everyone who's tried it says it works, and from what I read, it's been fed back into the developer loop.

C.

I couldn't tell if disabling ACPI will prevent this from happening or not. I don't care to have a go at compiling my own modules. I can simply cold boot for now, and wait for the patch. -- Regards, Steven