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Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Wed Sep 24 20:36:57 UTC 2008


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

If you are using rawhide, the latest kernel disables this module till 
the bug is fixed.

Rahul




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