Public bug reported:

[Impact]
While probing e1000e, it checks its NVM checksum, and write correct checksum 
back if the checksum is not correct. But for recent GBE update for security, 
its NVM could be written once for MAC address during production, so write 
checksum during driver probing is not allowed and would block the boot process.

[Fix]
Intel provides a fix for it.
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/intel-wired-lan/patch/[email protected]/

[Test]
Verified on a Dell machine which has wrong NVM checksum.

[Where problems could occur]
From what Intel told us, the checksum isn't correct is not a big deal, we could 
ignore it and it won't lead to any issues.

** Affects: hwe-next
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: oem-priority originate-from-1934511 somerville

** Tags added: oem-priority originate-from-1934511 somerville

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Title:
  e1000e blocks the boot process when it tried to write checksum to its
  NVM

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