> > e1000e: write protect ICHx NVM to prevent malicious write/erase > > no, doesn't apply to this hardware, as it is not ICH (integrated LOM) it > is a standalone 82571 with an actual discreet eeprom chip per port. > > > to include our modules as well in order to find out who is overwriting > > memory? > > it is highly unlikely something is succeeding in writing to the eeprom, > however, we do know of some locking issues in the driver that we've been > resolving specifically for 82571 and that might somehow be related.
Do you refer to these two here, or something different? e1000e: do not ever sleep in interrupt context e1000e: reset swflag after resetting hardware Regards. /holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
