On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:47:51 +0100 David Vrabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2.6.27-rc1 kernels appear to corrupt the EEPROM/NVM of the 8086:294c > ethernet device (ICH9 I think). After hacking the driver to ignore the > bad CRC and MAC address I could view the EEPROM with ethtool and it was > all 0xff. > > Testing EEPROM reads and writes with ethtool appeared to work but after > a reboot of the system the ethernet device (see lspci -v output) was no > longer present. Could invalid EEPROM contents with a valid CRC (as > would be the case after my read/write tests) result in the device > failing to enumerate on the PCIe bus? Is this still happening in Linus's current tree? Was 2.6.26 OK? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
