[ltp] intel driver problems in 2.6.27

Yves-Alexis Perez linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:41:08 +0200


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On jeu, 2008-09-25 at 16:35 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Hi Yves-Alexis!

Hi!

> No, ethtool CANNOT restore the eeprom, and no, it is NOT safe unless you
> know exactly what you're doing, which is why the utility to do it is not =
out
> there yet:  it bricked the laptop of the guy who was writing it(!).

Erf. Thanks for the info. We are warned.
>=20
> OTOH, if you don't take a backup now while it is still working and
> undamaged, you might not have one to use later when the utility to restor=
e
> the EEPROM gets released...

Yeah, it's done know (T61 8897, just in case)

Cheers,
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Yves-Alexis

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