Comment 44 for bug 562742

I accepted the update to the 2.6.32-24-generic kernel with some trepidation, in the light of the last two messages. However, I've rebooted several times and the correct MAC address has loaded each time. My hardware is a little different from Sven's, though.

04:07.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet [10ec:8167] (rev 10)
 Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:820d]
 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
 Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
 Latency: 64 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
 Region 0: I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
 Region 1: Memory at dfdff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
 [virtual] Expansion ROM at 5c200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
 Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
  Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=375mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
  Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
 Kernel driver in use: r8169
 Kernel modules: r8169