netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/6] sfc: Correct address of gPXE boot configuration in EEPROM

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Date:	Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:38:25 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] sfc: Correct address of gPXE boot configuration in
 EEPROM

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Ben Hutchings wrote:
>> Due to a hardware bug, the originally assigned range cannot reliably
>> be used for boot configuration and must not be modifiable through
>> ethtool.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c |    4 ++--
>>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
>> index fa98af5..cd0d087 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/sfc/ethtool.c
>> @@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ static struct efx_ethtool_stat efx_ethtool_stats[] 
>> = {
>>  
>>  /* EEPROM range with gPXE configuration */
>>  #define EFX_ETHTOOL_EEPROM_MAGIC 0xEFAB
>> -#define EFX_ETHTOOL_EEPROM_MIN 0x100U
>> -#define EFX_ETHTOOL_EEPROM_MAX 0x400U
>> +#define EFX_ETHTOOL_EEPROM_MIN 0x800U
>> +#define EFX_ETHTOOL_EEPROM_MAX 0x1800U
> 
> this seems like something for 2.6.28-rc not 2.6.29, so why wait for 2.6.29?

nevermind, I see the other patch now...



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