Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] e1000e: disregard NVM checksum on tgp when valid checksum mask is not set

Jacek Kowalski
2025-04-28T16:43:21Z

> Anyway, I think that the commit message should be precise.
> How about this?
>
> Starting from Tiger Lake, LAN NVM is locked for writes by SW, so the
> driver cannot perform checksum validation and correction. This means
> that all NVM images must leave the factory with correct checksum and
> checksum valid bit set. Since Tiger Lake devices were the first to have
> this lock, some systems in the field did not meet this requirement.
> Therefore, for these transitional devices we skip checksum update and
> verification, if the valid bit is not set.

Should I prepare v2 with this description?

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Best regards,
Jacek Kowalski