--- On Mon, 30/1/12, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Thanks for checking! I'll await the next fedora update. No prob - these things happen from time to time: living life on the bleeding-edge! Hin-Tak -- 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
