Re: Bad VPD checksum

From: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor_at_gsoft.com.au>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:35:08 +1030
On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Doug Barton wrote:
> I've been getting these in HEAD for a long time now, never found the
> time to follow up though:
>
> pci0:9:0:0: bad VPD cksum, remain 14
>
> Happy to help with debugging efforts.

I think this is a non-issue.

PCI Vital Product Data is stored on an EEPROM and if the card creator is 
too lazy/cheap to either install one, or program it you get VPD 
checksum errors.

I don't think it is bge specific because you're supposed to be able to 
read VPD in a generic fashion.

(I am no PCI expert so please correct me if wrong)

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