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

[David Miller]

From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:40:01 -0400

> 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.

I'd like to second these sentiments.

Just because you can come up with cases where using a wrong
eeprom would fail, does not mean the facility should not be
provided at all.
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