Issue

• NetXen nics will not come up on boot, or with ifup, despite proper modules being loaded.

• Getting 'Device eth0 has different MAC address than expected, ignoring' error.

• If rebooted with a stock kernel, it comes up correctly.  However, errors are present when trying to set parameters with ethtool like the following:

[root@localhost ~]# ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off
Cannot set new settings: Input/output error
  not setting speed
  not setting duplex
  not setting autoneg

• And again, that was underneath a stock 2.6.18-194.el5 kernel.  I've checked and these cards (HP NC375T) are listed as compatible.