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#40: FILE: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c:512:
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Commit c0ed639479ef ("e1000: check return value of e1000_read_eeprom") has style problems, please review.

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total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 1 checks, 17 lines checked