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DateMon, 29 Sep 2008 20:42:43 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From"Brandeburg, Jesse" <>
SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.27-rc8
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Btw, the _real_ bug is clearly in the hardware design that allows you to 
> brick those things without apparently even having a lock bit.

The hardware has a lock bit, and we're trying to figure out why the BIOS 
writers guide doesn't say to set it.  Probably because of the MAC address, 
but who knows.

> I'm hoping Intel doesn't treat this as just a software bug. Some hw 
> designer should be thinking hard about which orifice they put their head 
> up in.

We will post a patch to e1000e tomorrow that sets a lock bit that prevents 
the registers memory mapped by 0:19.0 BAR1 from causing flash write 
cycles.

The patches I've just posted don't quite do that yet.


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