Re: [PATCH] e1000e: write protect ICHx NVM to prevent maliciouswrite/erase

[Jiri Kosina]

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Jesse Brandeburg wrote:

> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 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) only after a hardware reset, but
> the machine must be power cycled before trying to enable writes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Does this impose any user-visible behavior change? (such as not being able 
to set up wake-on-lan, change MAC address, whatever).

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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