Re: [PATCH] Add eeprom_bad_csum_allow module option to e1000.

Adam Jackson
2007-10-23T16:49:14Z

On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 09:18 -0700, Kok, Auke wrote:
> Adam Jackson wrote:
> > When the EEPROM gets corrupted, you can fix it with ethtool, but only if
> > the module loads and creates a network device. But, without this option,
> > if the EEPROM is corrupted, the driver will not create a network device.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adam Jackson <ajax@redhat.com>
>
> NAK
>
> wrong list, not sent to me, and while for e100 I was OK with this patch, for e1000
> it really does not make sense to 'just allow' a bad checksum - if your eeprom is
> randomly messed up then you cannot just fix it like this anyway.

That's strange, I managed to recover an otherwise horked e1000 with it.
What should I have done instead?

- ajax