netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4] skge: handle zero address at open

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Message-ID: <45C9187E.5030708@garzik.org>
Date:	Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:08:30 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] skge: handle zero address at open

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Some motherboards are broken and have no address set. Failing at probe time 
> prevents the device from ever being used (like to download a fixed BIOS). Instead
> warn on probe and check again when device is brought up. That way the address
> can be set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>

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