Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:12:39 -0400 | From | Theodore Tso <> | Subject | Re: e1000: "fix" it on thinkpad x60 / eeprom checksum read fails |
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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.
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