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...your NIC and Y is the interface number (e.g. 0 = em0, 1 = em1, etc.). After this, run "dmesg" and look at the output at the bottom. You will see something like this: Interface EEPROM Dump: Offset 0x0000 3000 d248 d022 0d30 f746 00f5 ffff ffff 0x0010 0100 ffff 026b 108c 15d9 108c 8086 83df 0x0020 0008 2000 7e14 0048 1000 00d8 0000 2700 0x0030 6cc9 3150 0722 040b 0984 0000 c000 0706 Please see this page, search for "EEPROM", which documents a different bug pertaining the Intel 82573 where some EEPROMs were shipped with a power-saving bit enabled. Read it, do not skim it,...