I don't have much knowledge of this stuff, but Windows XP is able to detect the MAC address correctly (and it is the same every time) - so probably it's not a hardware fault?
But yes, it can be a kernel bug as you said. Can someone confirm if this should be reassigned to the kernel? -- Ethernet device's number increases by one after every reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/153727 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
