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
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael K. Johnson
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-03-13 16:13 UTC by Robert Olson
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-03-13 16:13:16 UTC
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Description Robert Olson 2001-03-13 16:13:13 UTC 
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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:
1.reboot
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Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-03-13 17:11:29 UTC 
This is fixed in the kernel currently in rawhide.
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