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(Get the code!)
I was affected by this bug on HP 6820s hardware. I found out I was using version F.02 of the BIOS After installing version F.07 of the BIOS, the ethernet port works out of the box.
For anyone worried about how to do a BIOS update without running Windows. I basically downloaded "sp38153.exe" from the driver page, which was "ROMPaq for HP Notebook System BIOS - FreeDOS Bootable Media".
You can run this using WINE or any other emulator. All it does is unpack a few files into a folder you specify. Once unpacked, you will find an ISO there.
There are two ISO's that are unpackad. I assume that one is for 6820s and one for 6520s. For the 6820s hardware, you need the ISO in the sp38153d folder.
I deduced this from the output of dmesg by running "dmesg | grep 30D". Look up the value 30D7 or 30D8 in the file map.ini within the sp38153 folder. I found out that sp38153d was the right one for my hardware.
I think a BIOS update is the solution here, as all the confirmations of the bug seem to be for HP hardware.
So, can we go ahead and close this bug??