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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:22:38 -0700 From: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com> To: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, 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 Theodore Tso wrote: > 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. > why don't I do that :) Andrew: I'm contemplating that printk... Cheers, Auke - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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