Eirn That’s actually part of the recent Intel® Ethernet Product Release 31.0 (Driver + NVM Firmware) for the Intel® E610 Ethernet Controller. Checking the Intel® Ethernet Product Release Notes. (31.0) we can find the following:
2.0 Fixed Issues → 2.4 Intel® Ethernet 610 Series Network Adapters → 2.4.2 Firmware/NVM/NVM Update (p. 17)
- MAC Address set using OS IP tools is not reflected in RDE NetworkDeviceFunction and Port schemas.
- The response for Activate Firmware command does not need to wait for the firmware to complete the internal data dump. The response is just sent before the internal data dump, which works as part of the firmware activation process and followed by calling the Firmware Reset (EMPR).
- E610 may very rarely enter Recovery mode when undergoing excessive AC power cycles.
So maybe it helps? As always please bear in mind that:
⚠️ Disclaimer: These updates are provided from Intel and not directly from Beelink. Specifically the NVM Firmware update may not be suitable as it may lack any NVM customisations from the OEM (Beelink, if any at all exist) and in extreme cases it may lead to bricking the NIC device. If you decide to proceed with that update you are proceeding on your own risk.
👉 Having said this, specifically for my GTR 9 Pro, so far I never exerienced any issue with that Intel NVM firmware update myself. But it would be good for Beelink to clarify if there is any difference or customisation at all and this should be a concern.
