Re: [RFC PATCH 11/12] e1000e: write protect ICHx NVM to preventmalicious write/erase

[Jiri Kosina]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Jesse Brandeburg wrote:

> Set the hardware to ignore all write/erase cycles to the GbE region in
> the ICHx NVM.  This feature can be disabled by the WriteProtectNVM module
> parameter (enabled by default) though that is not recommended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx>

I guess there is no chance to have kernel somehow notified when 
write/erase cycle is unsuccessfully tried, is it? This way, it would also 
make chasing the root cause easier.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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