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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add eeprom_bad_csum_allow module option to e1000.
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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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