net/mlx5e: Remove overzealous validations in netlink EEPROM query

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Unlike the legacy EEPROM callbacks, when using the netlink EEPROM query
(get_module_eeprom_by_page) the driver should not try to validate the
query parameters, but just perform the read requested by the userspace.

Recent discussion in the mailing list:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220120093051.70845141@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN.hsd1.ca.comcast.net/

Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>

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Gal Pressman 2022-01-26 16:28:23 +02:00 • committed by Saeed Mahameed

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drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/port.c

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