linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #11382] e1000e: 2.6.27-rc1 corrupts EEPROM/NVM

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Message-Id: <1222412784.5825.6.camel@zwerg>
Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:06:24 +0200
From:	Alexey Rempel <fishor@....net>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com>,
	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	davem@...emloft.net, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	david.vrabel@....com, rjw@...k.pl, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org, chrisl@...are.com,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [Bug #11382] e1000e: 2.6.27-rc1 corrupts EEPROM/NVM

On Fr, 2008-09-26 at 00:45 +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Dave Airlie wrote:
> 
> > >> I'd target three areas PAT, pciaccess and e1000e itself.
> > > ubuntu has CONFIG_X86_PAT disabled for at least i386 arch, maybe that
> > > is relevant.
> > It rules out PAT I suppose, they have seen the issue as well.
> 
> I wasn't able to rule out PAT from the suse bugreports POV, as we have PAT 
> enabled both for 32bit and 64bit x86.
> 
> If Ubuntu has it disabled also for 64bit x86 (where do these guys have 
> .config files to check?), I think we can definitely rule out PAT, as there 
> has been at least one report from Ubuntu user on this very issue.
> 

I'm testing ubuntu intrepid also "afected system" but not affected card
and use e1000e driver. (i945g+ich7)
as i can see ubuntu at least now do not use pat on 32bit system.

config is attached.

View attachment "config-2.6.27-4-generic" of type "text/plain" (95911 bytes)