dmesg: [ 3.427245] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.2.20-k2 [ 3.427247] e1000e: Copyright(c) 1999 - 2011 Intel Corporation. [ 3.481970] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 [ 3.481977] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 3.482047] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 59 for MSI/MSI-X [ 3.787330] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth1: (PCI Express:2.5GB/s:Width x1) 88:88:88:88:87:88 [ 3.787332] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth1: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection [ 3.787362] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: eth1: MAC: 10, PHY: 11, PBA No: FFFFFF-0FF [ 15.650063] e1000e 0000:00:19.0: irq 59 for MSI/MSI-X Device information: 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 0000 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 59 Region 0: Memory at fb600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K] Region 1: Memory at fb628000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Region 2: I/O ports at f040 [size=32] Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME- Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ Address: 00000000fee0100c Data: 416a Capabilities: [e0] PCI Advanced Features AFCap: TP+ FLR+ AFCtrl: FLR- AFStatus: TP- Kernel driver in use: e1000e Kernel modules: e1000 Last known kernel to work correctly: 2.6.38-rc8
It's not a regression, Windows XP shows the same broken MAC address.