On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 11:51:32AM +0000, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > --- On Sun, 29/1/12, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > This may be a fedora-specific problem - I noticed that > > just after booting into the new fedora kernel > > (3.2.2-1.fc16.x86_64), I am getting a strange message from > > the kernel: > > > > > > rtl8187: Invalid hwaddr! Using randomly generated MAC > > address > > > > I just checked, and rtl8187 works fine with my RTL8187L > > using 3.3-rc1 from > > wireless-testing. I don't know where the problem occurs. > > Thanks for looking. It is mostly likely a fedora-specific problem then. Unless John has any idea, I'll eventually unpacking the fedora kernel source if the problem persists for another kernel. > > Cheers, > Hin-Tak > > P.S. Herton's e-mail seems to have changed. When I integrated compat-wireless into the Fedora kernels, I left it using the in-kernel eeprom_93cx6 driver. Apparently some incompatiblity has krept-in, and several wireless drives stopped working. I have changed the fedora kernels to use the version of eeprom_93cx6 now, so the next build should work alright. Sorry! John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx might be all we have. Be ready. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
