e1000e: store EEPROM version number to prevent unnecessary NVM reads
authorBruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:00:22 +0000 (17:00 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:00:22 +0000 (17:00 -0800)
Rather than reading the NVM to get the EEPROM version number everytime the
ethool get_drvinfo function is called, read it once during probe and save
it for future reference.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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