Re: [PATCH] Add eeprom_bad_csum_allow module option to e1000.
From: Jeff Garzik
Date: Tue Oct 23 2007 - 16:40:26 EST
Kok, Auke wrote:
Adam Jackson wrote:
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@xxxxxxxxxx>
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?
Dump the eeprom and send us a copy, plus any and all information to the card,
system etc.. I realize that you need the patch to actually create it but the
danger is that people will start using it *without* troubleshooting the real
issue. In various systems the eeprom checksum failure is actually due to a
misconfigured powersavings feature and the checksum is really not bad at all, but
the card just reports random values.
In any case, this patch should not be merged. We often send it around to users to
debug their issue in case it involves eeproms, but merging it will just conceal
the real issue and all of a sudden a flood of people stop reporting *real* issues
to us.
Sorry, I disagree. Just as with e100, if there is a clear way the user
can recover their setup -- and Adam says his was effective -- I don't
see why we should be denying users the ability to use their own hardware.
Jeff
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