linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc8

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0809291855000.3389@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:56:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc8



On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> 
> Intel is working with us on tracking down and resolving the issue, but 
> this is not going as well as one would like to see (one attempt, one card 
> with completely hosed EEPROM contents ... and restoring the contents is 
> not *that* trivial).

What's the magic to trigger it? I've got a laptop with that e1000e chip in 
it, and am obviously running a recent kernel on it. Do people have a 
handle on it? Is it actually verified to be kernel-related, and not 
related to the X server etc?

		Linus
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