From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Corbet Subject: Re: [Bug #11382] e1000e: 2.6.27-rc1 corrupts EEPROM/NVM Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:27:30 -0600 Message-ID: <20080924102730.31ee305a@bike.lwn.net> References: <20080923.211215.193696086.davem@davemloft.net> <21d7e9970809232245x6a91c6e2l552ff039d07e2017@mail.gmail.com> <20080924.003638.71148740.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080924.003638.71148740.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org> Sender: kernel-testers-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: David Miller Cc: airlied-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, jkosina-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org, jeffrey.t.kirsher-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, david.vrabel-kQvG35nSl+M@public.gmane.org, rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, chrisl-pghWNbHTmq7QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:36:38 -0700 (PDT) David Miller wrote: > I'm about to leave for a week or so in Paris for the netfilter > workshop, so I hope that someone other than myself will do some data > mining like I have instead of (merely) tossing theories around and > finger pointing. A data point, just in case it helps... I've not had time to update my desktop system, so this all-Intel, ICH9, e1000e-based box has been stuck at 2.6.27-rc3. It has rawhide as of shortly after the floodgates reopened (but with my own kernel); that means X server 1.5.0 and i810 2.4.2-3. It's happy as a clam. I'm not sure how often this problem bites, but it hasn't gotten me. jon From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754220AbYIXQ1n (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:27:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752231AbYIXQ1e (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:27:34 -0400 Received: from vena.lwn.net ([206.168.112.25]:35422 "EHLO vena.lwn.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751635AbYIXQ1d (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:27:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:27:30 -0600 From: Jonathan Corbet To: David Miller Cc: airlied@gmail.com, jkosina@suse.cz, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com, david.vrabel@csr.com, rjw@sisk.pl, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-testers@vger.kernel.org, chrisl@vmware.com Subject: Re: [Bug #11382] e1000e: 2.6.27-rc1 corrupts EEPROM/NVM Message-ID: <20080924102730.31ee305a@bike.lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20080924.003638.71148740.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20080923.211215.193696086.davem@davemloft.net> <21d7e9970809232245x6a91c6e2l552ff039d07e2017@mail.gmail.com> <20080924.003638.71148740.davem@davemloft.net> Organization: LWN.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.14.0; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:36:38 -0700 (PDT) David Miller wrote: > I'm about to leave for a week or so in Paris for the netfilter > workshop, so I hope that someone other than myself will do some data > mining like I have instead of (merely) tossing theories around and > finger pointing. A data point, just in case it helps... I've not had time to update my desktop system, so this all-Intel, ICH9, e1000e-based box has been stuck at 2.6.27-rc3. It has rawhide as of shortly after the floodgates reopened (but with my own kernel); that means X server 1.5.0 and i810 2.4.2-3. It's happy as a clam. I'm not sure how often this problem bites, but it hasn't gotten me. jon