Comment 183 for bug 263555

I am very sorry that I have missused this place. I hope that You will
be able to forgive and forget. I am just an old guy ... ;)

I will wait for official release.

Thank You very much.
Once again sorry for the noise.

On 10/17/08, hefeweiz3n <email address hidden> wrote:
> For your Information: Launchpad is NOT a support forum, in future
> situations please refer to the forums. As for your Problem: The driver
> is fixed in the current kernel-release, but as the live-cd still ships
> with the old kernel, networking is of course disabled with this card. I
> recommend waiting for the final release or downloading the new kernel-
> packages onto a usb-stick or similar and installing them by hand. As of
> HOW to do that, please refer to the forums.
>
> --
> [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at
> risk
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555
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>
> Status in The Linux Kernel: Fix Released
> Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
> Status in linux in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Released
> Status in "linux" source package in Fedora: Fix Released
> Status in "linux" source package in Gentoo Linux: Fix Released
> Status in "linux" source package in Mandriva: Fix Released
> Status in "linux" source package in Suse: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> In some circumstances it appears possible for the 2.6.27-rc kernels to
> corrupt the NVRAM used by some Intel network parts to store data such as MAC
> addresses.
> This is limited to the new e1000e driver, and reports have only appeared
> from users of "82566 and 82567 based LAN parts (ich8 and ich9)" (to quote
> Intel). The reports seem to be isolated to laptops, but it is not clear if
> this is because desktop/server parts are not vulnerable, or if use cases
> simply increase the chances of laptop users being hit.
>
> Once this corruption has occurred, recovery may be possible via a BIOS
> update, but may well require replacement of the hardware. Use of Intel's
> IABUTIL.EXE is strongly discouraged, as it will worsen the problem to the
> point where the network part will no longer appear on the PCI bus.
>
> (this is a new description, the original one was based on too much
> guesswork. Below are the URLs originally referenced)
> (the driver i blacklisted in Ubuntu for 2.6.27-rc in the latest releases,
> so if your network is not working, it doesn't have to be damaged, but just
> disabled in order to prevent any accidents until this bug is solved, don't
> wary!)
> http://www.blahonga.org/~art/rant.html (search for "em0")
> http://<email address hidden>/msg00360.html
> http://<email address hidden>/msg00398.html
>