e1000e bug - 32 bit, 64 bit or Both?

Michal Jaegermann michal at harddata.com
Wed Oct 1 17:03:36 UTC 2008


On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 09:34:34AM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
> <caf at omen.com> wrote:
> > Has this corruption appeared on both 32 and 64 bit Linux flavors,
> > or just one?
> 
> There's one driver for both platforms so I suspect it will happen on
> both 32 or 64 flavours.

AFAIK reasons for the problem are still unknown but reports of
corruption presumably come so far from 64-bit machines.  It appears
that some race is involved so it may be that its window is easier to
hit with 64 bits?

   Michal




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