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e1000e Bug Squashed — Linux Kernel Patch Released
ruphus13 writes "As mentioned earlier, there was a kernel bug in the alpha/beta version of the Linux kernel (up to 2.6.27 rc7), which was corrupting (and rendering useless) the EEPROM/NVM of adapters. Thankfully, a patch is now out that prevents writing to the EEPROM once the driver is loaded, and this follows a patch released by Intel earlier in the week. From the article: 'The Intel team is currently working on narrowing down the details of how and why these chipsets were affected. They also plan on releasing patches shortly to restore the EEPROM on any adapters that have been affected, via saved images using ethtool -e or from identical systems.' This is good news as we move towards a production release!"
Hwwaa? Oh yes...the kernel does't corrupt your EEPROM anymore!
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I'm gonna download it now! Oh, wait... crap.
From RTFA the cause of the problem has not been identified yet, however the problem is prevented from being able to present itself going forward by maliciously writing/erasing non volatile memory. Since the problem was caught at alpha/beta stages the stable releases were unaffected. BTW, My boss tried to RTFA over my shoulder and shot cheese out of his ears (he is the non techie type). Its threads like these that absolutely cement /.'s place as the worlds dominant UBER NERD site.
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