Re: Raspberry Pi 4 ethernet issues with latest UEFI and 11.0_RC6
John Klos <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:58:41 +0000 (UTC)
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> Have you seen some messages like this in dmesg? > >> [ 1.000004] genet0: Ethernet address f5:77:00:f2:3a:3b >> [ 1.000004] autoconfiguration error: The multicast bit is set in the MAC address. It's wrong. > > If uefi firmware is v1.41 or later, RD4(UMAC_MAC[01]) return 0. > genet_get_eaddr() tries to invent mac address, but it needs htobe(). I haven't seen that, but I will check to see if the MAC is ever different from one boot to another. John