Subject: Re: DEC DEPCM-BA PCMCIA Ethernet problem
To: Ed Gould <ed@left.wing.org>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/19/2000 18:27:06
At 06:16 PM 1/19/00 , Ed Gould wrote:
>I have a DEPCM-BA PC-card Ethernet interface in my new Compaq Armada M300.  
>I'm running 1.4.1, but the same problem happens with a 1.4P kernel (I haven't 
>tried a newer -current yet).  The problem is that the driver (in 
>ne_pcmcia_attach()) reads the wrong value for the MAC address from the card.  
>If I tweak the routine to ignore this error, the card works.  Windoze gets the 
>correct MAC address.

It reads the right address on my DEPCM-BA.

>Anyone know what this is about, or should I PR it?

Can you send me the dmesg output?
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