[ltp] intel driver problems in 2.6.27

[Richard Mancusi]

Sorry folks, I need to make a correction ...

I didn't fall back to 2.6.26
2.6.27-4 was the problem, falling back to 2.6.27-3 was the fix.

again, sorry for the error
-rich


On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 14:59, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
<hmh@hmh.eng.br> wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Richard Mancusi wrote:
>> I understand - but my point was that mine did not erase.  It sure
>> looked like it had - but it didn't.  All I am suggesting is that just
>> because it "appears" to be erased, it doesn't mean it was.
>>
>> Before folks run off to replace their permanently ruined hardware
>> (as suggested on the Ubuntu list) they should at least try to drop
>> back to 2.6.26.
>
> Indeed.
>
> And even if it IS hosed even under 2.6.26, it might still be repairable.
>
> If the network device is still listed in lspci, it is *not* permanently
> ruined.  Tools can rewrite the eeprom (such a tool is believed to be close
> to a public release).
>
> If you managed to hose it so bad it is not in lspci anymore (not even
> reachable by lspci as root using one of its *HARDWARE* direct access modes,
> see lspci manpage), THEN you have no choice but to replace the motherboard
> for your ThinkPad... but if it is just broken and your warranty is not about
> to expire, it might pay off to be a bit patient and use the WLAN for now.
>
> The problem is WHAT to rewrite the EEPROM back with.  For ThinkPads, that
> should be easy.  Ask here for a dump of the eeprom from someone with the
> *SAME* base model, change the MAC address in the dump to the one in the
> sticker on the bottom of your ThinkPad (it is pretty easy to locate the MAC
> address in the EEPROM dump, just ask whomever is providing it to mask it
> over with XX), and write it back to the card.  Reboot and be happy.
>
> --
>  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
>  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
>  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
>  Henrique Holschuh
>