* Michael Loftis: > The 2.6.18-6 kernel has a buggy 3w-xxxx driver. Causes data > corruption on (at least) EM64T w/ 4+GB of RAM. I'm also pretty sure > it's the cause of corruption on EM64T systems in 32-bit mode even w/o > 4+GB of RAM. Specifically it affects 7xxx and 8xxx series cards. > > <http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=15243&cNode=6I1C6S> > > <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464923> > > In any event this is a pretty serious bug affecting a pretty large > number of systems, more than what 3Ware seems to be admitting, so is > there any plan to issue an update?
I guess the number of systems with amd64 and a 3ware 7xxx/8xxxx PATA controllers is pretty small, otherwise this bug would have been noticed earlier. So the sky is not falling. Technically, this is not a security bug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
