Re: e1000: "fix" it on thinkpad x60 / eeprom checksum read fails

Theodore Tso
2006-07-21T15:12:50Z

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.

- Ted