> As suspected, ethtool will attempt to read a zero-length eeprom. > > The following patch should solve the problem. Not sure if it is worth it, > though, since this will change behavior for existing drivers.
Yes, it changes behaviour, but it does make it more consistent. Probably it should be up to core network people to decide if this is the write fix or leave it as is. Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/