linux-kernel - Re: e1000: "fix" it on thinkpad x60 / eeprom checksum read fails

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Message-ID: <20060721151239.GC2290@thunk.org>
Date:	Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:12:39 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>, pavel@....cz,
	cramerj@...el.com, john.ronciak@...el.com,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: e1000: "fix" it on thinkpad x60 / eeprom checksum read fails

On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 06:41:05AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > It's completely not acceptable to run when the EEPROM checksum fails - you 
> > might even be running with the wrong MAC address, or worse. Lets fix this the 
> > right way instead.
> 
> A printk which helps the user to understand all this saga would be very nice.
> -

And if someone who understands all of these details could put a note
in the thinkwiki (say, here:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ethernet_Controllers#Intel_Gigabit_.2810.2F100.2F1000.29)
it would be greatly appreciated.

						- Ted
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