problem with r8169 driver SL 5.3 (xen kernel and not)

[Doug Benjamin]

Hello,






http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html

Bug report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452761

Thanks,

Doug Benjamin

I have just recently installed SL 5.3 x86_64 and am having trouble with the r8169 network driver. The card reports that its MAC address is FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. The card seems to work but obviously this MAC address is bogus. I have tried rebuilding the driver from Realtek without success It appears that Red Hat has fixed the problem. Any idea when it will make it into SL5.3?

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