[olug] Fedora 10?

[T. J. Brumfield]

The bug you reference isn't FUD, it was a pretty serious bug that
hosed hardware.  That being said, the bug only affected e1000e cards,
and the bug was only in the 2.6.27-rc kernels.  If you run a
beta/release-candidate kernel as opposed to an official release, you
can expect bugs.  If you run a beta distro, you're likely to see rc
kernels, and thusly bugs.  If you something more stable, look for a
polished release.

-- T. J.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Please dont let the FUD below stop anyone, just use it to be prepared.
>
> The fact that firmware gets mixed into device drivers has bothered me
> for a while, especially when it came to the possibility of remotely
> hacking any OS by attacking the wifi driver/firmware.
>
> (Dell XPS m1210, core duo CPU)
> i have seen a few references to intel network card firmware being
> corrupted by the driver, in fact someone else on this list with a Gb
> intel nic.  You may want to check that out beforehand.  i suppose one
> could take the really cautious route by disabling the NICs in the BIOS
> and using a USB nic of somekind until intel sorts it out if it isn't
> already.   Take the slightly risky route by using the builtin nics and
> then use the USB nic to repair the firmware if it were to go bad.
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