Bug 31678 – Netgear PCI ethernet (tulip) gets addr of 00:00:00:00:00:00

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Bug 31678 - Netgear PCI ethernet (tulip) gets addr of 00:00:00:00:00:00

Summary:	Netgear PCI ethernet (tulip) gets addr of 00:00:00:00:00:00

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Michael K. Johnson
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Reported:	2001-03-13 11:13 EST by Robert Olson
Modified:	2007-04-18 12:32 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-03-13 11:13:16 EST
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Description Robert Olson 2001-03-13 11:13:13 EST

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The hardware address on the network card is not being detected. From dmesg:

Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.13b (January 24, 2001)
eth0: Digital DS21140 Tulip rev 34 at 0xec80, 00:00:00:00:00:00, IRQ 11.
eth0:  MII transceiver #0 config 1000 status 782d advertising 01e1.

ifconfig also shows an ethernet address of 00:00:00:00:00:00.

This was a stock RedHat 7.1beta wolverine build.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-03-13 12:11:29 EST

This is fixed in the kernel currently in rawhide.

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