Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Add eeprom_bad_csum_allow module option to e1000. | From | Adam Jackson <> | Date | Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:21:27 -0400 |
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On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 09:18 -0700, Kok, Auke wrote: > Adam Jackson wrote: > > When the EEPROM gets corrupted, you can fix it with ethtool, but only if > > the module loads and creates a network device. But, without this option, > > if the EEPROM is corrupted, the driver will not create a network device. > > > > Signed-off-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com> > > NAK > > wrong list, not sent to me, and while for e100 I was OK with this patch, for e1000 > it really does not make sense to 'just allow' a bad checksum - if your eeprom is > randomly messed up then you cannot just fix it like this anyway.
That's strange, I managed to recover an otherwise horked e1000 with it. What should I have done instead?
- ajax
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