From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] skge: handle zero address at open Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:08:30 -0500 Message-ID: <45C9187E.5030708@garzik.org> References: <20070202162250.980620000@linux-foundation.org> <20070202162419.046994000@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:56518 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030251AbXBGAIc (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Feb 2007 19:08:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20070202162419.046994000@linux-foundation.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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 applied 1-4