Update after my message wrote on 2010-06-15
> the ethernet MAC address is incorrectly read. > The first four pairs of characters are rendered as zeros.
I confirm that this part of the bug seems to be fixed. I never had weird MAC addresses anymore! That's fine!
However...
> Occasionally, the ethernet adapter doesn't register at all and the > light on the ethernet switch blinks slowly on and off, about once per second.
This still happens occasionally. Rarely, but it happens. The only solution is a "cold restart" of the machine.
Update after my message wrote on 2010-06-15
> the ethernet MAC address is incorrectly read.
> The first four pairs of characters are rendered as zeros.
I confirm that this part of the bug seems to be fixed. I never had weird MAC addresses anymore! That's fine!
However...
> Occasionally, the ethernet adapter doesn't register at all and the
> light on the ethernet switch blinks slowly on and off, about once per second.
This still happens occasionally. Rarely, but it happens. The only solution is a "cold restart" of the machine.