[Bug 15978] Intenal network interface on IBM T22 Thinkpad not being detected

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------- Additional Comments From scott-bugs at ubuntu.com  2005-09-22 21:55 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #8)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> 
> > Reading the kernel source, the MAC on your network card is either
> > FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF or 00:00:00:00:00:00 ... I'd guess that Windows is overwriting
> > it with a valid one.
> 
> BIOS shows the MAC on internal network interface as 00 01 03 82 EE 3A
> 
> Can this actual MAC address be supplied to the OS through a configuration file?
> 
That's not the problem; from reading other bug reports elsewhere, your card
*does* have a MAC address, just your machine has a busted ACPI configuration
that isn't bringing the card up correctly.

It works in Windows because they cheat and ignore the BIOS entirely, as they're
lucky enough to get test models for every single piece of hardware out there so
can just hard-code the fix into the driver.

> > Google suggests that disabling "wake on lan" in your BIOS might solve the issue.
> 
> Disabled Wake on LAN, as well as other options e.g. Flash over LAN, but
internal Network 
> interface is still not detected in Connections, under Network settings.
> 
Try booting with acpi=off


Cc'ing Matthew Garrett who *loves* this kind of thing.

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