Cannot set MAC address via kernel boot parameters

Precise kernel with the above patch applied:

http://people.canonical.com/~ppisati/linux-image-3.2.0-1406-omap4_3.2.0-1406.8~lp937051_armel.deb

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This bug was fixed in the package linux-ti-omap4 - 3.2.0-1407.9

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linux-ti-omap4 (3.2.0-1407.9) precise; urgency=low

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * [Config] Enable USB_MUSB_HDRC
    - LP: #927860
  * [Config] Enable led heartbeat
    - LP: #905445
  * rebased on 3.2.0-17.27

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] updateconfigs, dropped CONFIG_HAVE_SECCOMP_FILTER,
    CONFIG_SECCOMP_FILTER

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * smsc95xx: panda: don't blindly overwrite MAC address
    - LP: #937051

  [ Ubuntu: 3.2.0-17.27 ]

  * SAUCE: drm/i915: fix operator precedence when enabling RC6p

  [ Ubuntu: 3.2.0-17.26 ]

  * [Config] clean up the human consumable package descriptions
  * [Config] fix generic flavour description
  * [Config] clean up linux-tools package descriptions
    - LP: #593107
  * deviations -- note the source of the Hyper-V updates
  * SAUCE: ata_piix: defer to the Hyper-V drivers by default
    - LP: #929545
  * SAUCE: drm/i915: do not enable RC6p on Sandy Bridge
  * SAUCE: (drop after 3.3) security: create task_free security callback
  * SAUCE: (drop after 3.3) security: Yama LSM
  * SAUCE: (drop after 3.3) Yama: add PR_SET_PTRACER_ANY
  * SAUCE: Yama: add link restrictions
  * SAUCE: security: unconditionally chain to Yama LSM
  * Drop ndiswrapper
  * SAUCE: drm/i915: Enable RC6 by default on sandybridge.
  * SAUCE: ipheth: Add iPhone 4S
    - LP: #900802
  * dropped hv_mouse
  * [Config] CONFIG_X86_NUMACHIP=y
  * Staging: hv: vmbus: Support building the vmbus driver as part of the
    kernel
  * hv: Add Kconfig menu entry
  * Drivers: hv: Fix a memory leak
  * Drivers: hv: Make the vmbus driver unloadable
  * Drivers: hv: Get rid of an unnecessary check in hv.c
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Make boolean states boolean
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Inline the code for mousevsc_on_device_add()
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Inline the code for reportdesc_callback()
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Cleanup mousevsc_on_channel_callback()
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Add a new line to a debug string
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Get rid of unnecessary include files
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Address some style issues
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Add a check to prevent memory corruption
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Use the KBUILD_MODNAME macro
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Use mempools to allocate struct
    storvsc_cmd_request
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Cleanup error handling in the probe function
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Fixup the error when processing SET_WINDOW
    command
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Fix error handling storvsc_host_reset()
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Use the accessor function shost_priv()
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Use the unlocked version queuecommand
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: use the macro KBUILD_MODNAME
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Get rid of an unnecessary forward declaration
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Upgrade the vmstor protocol version
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Support hot add of scsi disks
  * Staging: hv: storvsc: Support hot-removing of scsi devices
  * staging: hv: Use kmemdup rather than duplicating its implementation
  * staging: hv: move hv_netvsc out of staging area
  * Staging: hv: mousevsc: Properly add the hid device
  * Staging...

natty has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the natty task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

oneiric has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the oneiric task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".