diff --color -rauN e1000e-3.8.7/src/nvm.c e1000e-3.8.7_no_nvm_check/src/nvm.c
--- e1000e-3.8.7/src/nvm.c	2020-06-30 12:11:13.596416913 +0200
+++ e1000e-3.8.7_no_nvm_check/src/nvm.c	2023-10-13 23:29:43.013504316 +0200
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
 
 	if (checksum != (u16)NVM_SUM) {
 		e_dbg("NVM Checksum Invalid\n");
-		return -E1000_ERR_NVM;
+    //return -E1000_ERR_NVM;
 	}
 
 	return 0;