On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:28:38AM -0700, Kok, Auke wrote:
 > 
 > Refine cb cleaning debug printout and print out all cleaned cbs' status. Add
 > debug flag for EEPROM csum failures that were overridden by the user.
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg [off-list ref]
 > Signed-off-by: Auke Kok [off-list ref]
 > ---
 > 
 >  drivers/net/e100.c |    9 ++++++---
 >  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 > 
 > diff --git a/drivers/net/e100.c b/drivers/net/e100.c
 > index ab0868c..ae93c62 100644
 > --- a/drivers/net/e100.c
 > +++ b/drivers/net/e100.c
 > @@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ static int e100_eeprom_load(struct nic *
 >  		DPRINTK(PROBE, ERR, "EEPROM corrupted\n");
 >  		if (!eeprom_bad_csum_allow)
 >  			return -EAGAIN;
 > +		else
 > +			add_taint(TAINT_MACHINE_CHECK);

I object to this flag being abused this way.
A corrupt EEPROM on a network card has _nothing_ to do with
a CPU machine check exception.

	Dave