[PATCH] Fix byte-swapped ethernet addr for Asante Fast 10/100 PCI Adapter

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Sun, 2004-01-25 at 12:48, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> >>I'm not sure - the card having an OF driver might mean it's a Mac card,
> >>needing byte swapping, whereas a card with no OF driver would be a PC
> >>card, needing no byte swap. Or vice versa. Asante probably never built PC
> >>specific ethernet cards so the PCI vendor/device property could be used
> >>instead of OF data. OF data is just easier to get at :-)
> >
> >
> > Really? I'd say it's easier to look at the struct pci_dev the Tulip driver
> > already looks at. Besides, someone may want to try that card in a non-PowerMac,
> > while still having the correct MAC address.
>
>
> Agreed.

Provided the card has a unique device ID... but yes, in this case,
it's the best solution.

Ben.


** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/