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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/defines.h3
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/defines.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/defines.h
index 8294a7c4f122c3..ba331899d1861b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/defines.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/defines.h
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@
/* For checksumming, the sum of all words in the NVM should equal 0xBABA. */
#define NVM_SUM 0xBABA
+/* Uninitialized ("empty") checksum word value */
+#define NVM_CHECKSUM_UNINITIALIZED 0xFFFF
+
/* PBA (printed board assembly) number words */
#define NVM_PBA_OFFSET_0 8
#define NVM_PBA_OFFSET_1 9
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c
index e609f4df86f455..16369e6d245a4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c
@@ -558,6 +558,12 @@ s32 e1000e_validate_nvm_checksum_generic(struct e1000_hw *hw)
checksum += nvm_data;
}
+ if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pch_tgp &&
+ nvm_data == NVM_CHECKSUM_UNINITIALIZED) {
+ e_dbg("Uninitialized NVM Checksum on TGP platform - ignoring\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (checksum != (u16)NVM_SUM) {
e_dbg("NVM Checksum Invalid\n");
return -E1000_ERR_NVM;