Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH] e1000e: disregard NVM checksum on tgp when valid checksum mask is not set

[Lifshits, Vitaly]

On 4/28/2025 7:43 PM, Jacek Kowalski wrote:
> > Anyway, I think that the commit message should be precise.
> > How about this?
> >
> > Starting from Tiger Lake, LAN NVM is locked for writes by SW, so the 
> > driver cannot perform checksum validation and correction. This means 
> > that all NVM images must leave the factory with correct checksum and 
> > checksum valid bit set. Since Tiger Lake devices were the first to 
> > have this lock, some systems in the field did not meet this 
> > requirement. Therefore, for these transitional devices we skip 
> > checksum update and verification, if the valid bit is not set.
>
> Should I prepare v2 with this description?

Yes, please.