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[Alan Evans]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Todd Denniston
<Todd.Denniston at ssa.crane.navy.mil> wrote:
> Alan Evans wrote, On 09/24/2008 12:31 PM:
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I hate playing "Fllow this URL".  Get to the point and provide a
>>> synopsis. If this has to do with a kernel update breaking Intel
>>> chipset internet interfaces then say so.
>>
>> I skimmed it for you. The e1000e module in kernel 2.6.27 contains a
>> bad bug that can corrupt EEPROM. I think the latest F9 updates are
>> kernel 2.6.26, so it's not a Fedora issue at present. Move along.
>>
>
> However, if you are on F10,

Well I did say, "At present." If you are using F10, shouldn't you be
subscribed to a different list?

> or rolling your own kernel... it might make for a good read.

Perhaps, but someone rolling their own kernel should probably be
following other sources to track potential issues. In general, your
links (below) were much better than the OP's link.

> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459202
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11382
> http://lwn.net/Articles/299787/
>
> pay special attention to this comment:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459202#c5