2.6.28-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Eilon Greenstein commit 2add3acb11a26cc14b54669433ae6ace6406cbf2 upstream. Don't dump eeprom when bnx2x adapter is down. Running ethtool -e causes an eeh without it when the device is down Signed-off-by: Paul Larson Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c @@ -8079,6 +8079,9 @@ static int bnx2x_get_eeprom(struct net_d struct bnx2x *bp = netdev_priv(dev); int rc; + if (!netif_running(dev)) + return -EAGAIN; + DP(BNX2X_MSG_NVM, "ethtool_eeprom: cmd %d\n" DP_LEVEL " magic 0x%x offset 0x%x (%d) len 0x%x (%d)\n", eeprom->cmd, eeprom->magic, eeprom->offset, eeprom->offset, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/