linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.27-rc8

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Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:42:43 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From:	"Brandeburg, Jesse" <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: 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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