>> These patches add a module parameter to restore older
>> EEPROM behavior to the Intel e100 NIC driver.
>
> We want the check to fail to detect mis-programmed eeproms. The
> checksum test isn't conclusive, but it does provide an indication
> something is wrong.
I agree that the default behavior should be that the driver fails.
But in some cases it might be desirable to continue. (This was
the behavior of both the original and the Becker drivers.) My
patch just offers the sysadmin or developer or whatever the option
to continue on EEPROM error.
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