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

From: Auke Kok <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:22:38 -0700

Theodore Tso wrote:
> 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.
> 

why don't I do that :)

Andrew: I'm contemplating that printk...

Cheers,

Auke