Kok, Auke wrote:
Adam Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 09:18 -0700, Kok, Auke wrote:
Adam Jackson wrote:
When the EEPROM gets corrupted, you can fix it with ethtool, but only if
the module loads and creates a network device. But, without this option,
if the EEPROM is corrupted, the
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Kok, Auke wrote:
Adam Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 09:18 -0700, Kok, Auke wrote:
Adam Jackson wrote:
When the EEPROM gets corrupted, you can fix it with ethtool, but
only if
the module loads and creates a network device. But, without this
option,
if the EEPROM
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:40:01PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
In any case, this patch should not be merged. We often send it around to
users to
debug their issue in case it involves eeproms, but merging it will just
conceal
the real issue and all of a sudden a flood of people stop
People aren't going to report this as a bug. They aren't going to try out
patches,
they're going to do what I did and stick another network card in the box and
go on with life.
Our users deserve better than this.
Agreed. By all means warn people, or give them a 1-800 Intel number to
From: Kok, Auke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:01:21 -0700
We help everyone out, and if you merge this patch you will prevent
users from getting to us for support in the first place.
If using the bad eeprom has to be explicitly enabled by the user, your
argument holds no water.
From: Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:20:26 -0400
Indeed. This is a common enough problem that not including it causes
more pain than its worth. I have two affected boxes myself that I
actually thought the hardware was dead before I tried ajax's patch.
People aren't
Dave Jones wrote:
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:40:01PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
In any case, this patch should not be merged. We often send it around to
users to
debug their issue in case it involves eeproms, but merging it will just
conceal
the real issue and all of a sudden a
David Miller wrote:
From: Dave Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:20:26 -0400
Indeed. This is a common enough problem that not including it causes
more pain than its worth. I have two affected boxes myself that I
actually thought the hardware was dead before I tried ajax's
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:03:38 -0700
Kok, Auke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave Jones wrote:
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:40:01PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
In any case, this patch should not be merged. We often send it around
to users to
debug their issue in case it involves eeproms,
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:03:38PM -0700, Kok, Auke wrote:
Dave Jones wrote:
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 04:40:01PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
In any case, this patch should not be merged. We often send it around
to users to
debug their issue in case it involves eeproms, but
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