[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“But, if you’re living on the bleeding edge of
technology and want a run a beta Linux that’s using the 2.6.27
kernel, do not, do not run until you’re sure your machine doesn’t
use the Intel ICH8 and ICH9 chipsets, with the 82566 and 82567
Ethernet chipsets. If you do, you’re very likely to fry your
Ethernet’s firmware and you can say bye-bye to your network
connection.”