Comment 0 for bug 356148

On

Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04

with

00:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 30)

After today modules and kernel updates i get *** EEPROM MAC address is invalid as you can see in dmesg, i can't connect to the net nomore.

dmesg

[ 2.935772] 3c59x 0000:00:06.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0001)
[ 2.935794] 3c59x 0000:00:06.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 2.935801] 3c59x: Donald Becker and others.
[ 2.935814] 0000:00:06.0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at 00011000.
[ 2.935824] 3c59x 0000:00:06.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 3.029781] *** EEPROM MAC address is invalid.
[ 3.029789] 3c59x: vortex_probe1 fails. Returns -22
[ 3.029796] 3c59x 0000:00:06.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 3.072747] 3c59x: probe of 0000:00:06.0 failed with error -22

00:06.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] [10b7:9200] (rev 30)
    Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Device [10b7:1000]
    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-
    Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 17
    Region 0: I/O ports at 1000 [size=128]
    Region 1: Memory at <ignored> (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled]
    Expansion ROM at 30000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
    Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
        Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
        Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
    Kernel modules: 3c59x

linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic:
  Installato: 2.6.28-11.40
  Candidato: 2.6.28-11.40
  Tabella versione:
 *** 2.6.28-11.40 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

no eth0 recognized on ifconfig only the "lo"

my ubuntu pc internal reference (pc_com_sx)

Thank you