netdev - Re: [PATCH] sfp: allow cotsworks modules

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Date:   Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:31:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sfp: allow cotsworks modules

From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:18:25 +0100

> Cotsworks modules fail the checksums - it appears that Cotsworks
> reprograms the EEPROM at the end of production with the final product
> information (serial, date code, and exact part number for module
> options) and fails to update the checksum.
> 
> Work around this by detecting the Cotsworks name in the manufacturer
> field, and reducing the checksum failures to warnings rather than a
> hard error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Applied, thanks Russell.