Bogus EEPROM checksum and now?

[Stefan Bader]

Stefan Bader wrote:
> Hi Luis,
> 
> ok this was somewhat to be expected when adding the patch to check for the
> EEPROM checksum to stable[1]. The question is, is the a workable way to get that
> fixed on the adapter or would it not have been better to have at least an option
> to allow users to override it with the message that they cannot submit any
> bugreports that get listened to?

Note: I overlooked that this specific case was already fixed by a later patch
that did not get into 2.6.31.y. Still generically it would be interesting what
would be the approach if there is someone approaching with a invalid checksum.
Are the EEPROMs to your knowledge simply be upgradeable by vendors (if they
care) or would you think an override acceptable?

-Stefan

> 
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/506180?comments=all
> 
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