On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx> > > The write-protection method being in the driver probe routine is called > late in the boot sequence, and not at all if the driver is never loaded. > By making it a PCI quirk the NVM is protected much earlier whether or not > the driver is loaded. The write-protection quirk can be disabled with a > new kernel parameter in the unlikely event the NVM needs to be modified. > > Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 + > drivers/net/Makefile | 1 > drivers/net/e1000e/Makefile | 1 > drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h | 1 > drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c | 6 + > drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 93 +++----------------- > drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.h | 68 +++++++++++++++ > drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c | 4 - > drivers/net/e1000e/param.c | 30 ------ > drivers/net/e1000e/quirks.c | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 10 files changed, 256 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.h > create mode 100644 drivers/net/e1000e/quirks.c > > This PCI quirk is put in ./drivers/net/e1000e in order to share defines and structs found in the driver source, and is only applicable to ICHx GbE LOMs supported by that driver anyway. -- Cheers, Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
