e1000e: store EEPROM version number to prevent unnecessary NVM reads

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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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Bruce Allan 2008-11-21 17:00:22 -08:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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drivers/net/e1000e/e1000.h

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drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c

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drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c

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