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If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-oem-5.10 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1936998 Title: e1000e blocks the boot process when it tried to write checksum to its NVM Status in HWE Next: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux-oem-5.10 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux-oem-5.13 package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux source package in Focal: In Progress Status in linux-oem-5.10 source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in linux-oem-5.13 source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Hirsute: In Progress Status in linux-oem-5.10 source package in Hirsute: Invalid Status in linux-oem-5.13 source package in Hirsute: Invalid Status in linux source package in Impish: In Progress Status in linux-oem-5.10 source package in Impish: Invalid Status in linux-oem-5.13 source package in Impish: Invalid Bug description: [Impact] While probing e1000e, it checks its NVM checksum, and write correct checksum back if the checksum is not correct. But for recent GBE update for security, its NVM could be written once for MAC address during production, so write checksum during driver probing is not allowed and would block the boot process. [Fix] Intel provides a fix for it. https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/intel-wired-lan/patch/20210718041031.3619696-1-sasha.nef...@intel.com/ [Test] Verified on a Dell machine which has wrong NVM checksum. [Where problems could occur] From what Intel told us, the checksum isn't correct is not a big deal, we could ignore it and it won't lead to any issues. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hwe-next/+bug/1936998/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
