When Linux Does Well: the e1000e Ethernet Bug Fixed | Linux Today

When Linux Does Well: the e1000e Ethernet Bug Fixed

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Oct 3, 2008

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Torvalds, in the gentle way he guides the Linux
development team, pointed out on the LKML (Linux Kernel Mailing
List) that “Btw, the _real_ bug is clearly in the hardware design
that allows you to brick those things without apparently even
having a lock bit.””


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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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