Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:44:41 -0800 From: Sean Bruno <seanwbruno@gmail.com> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "Pieper, Jeffrey E" <jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, "Hearn, James R" <james.r.hearn@intel.com>, "Vogel, Jack" <jack.vogel@intel.com>, "Ronciak, John" <john.ronciak@intel.com>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Intel 82574 issue reported on Slashdot Message-ID: <1360637081.6605.4.camel@powernoodle> In-Reply-To: <CAFOYbc=kYHRBet_M_3-U_6JkBqos4tF1oMamYKXswsvRyG3cuw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFOYbc=kYHRBet_M_3-U_6JkBqos4tF1oMamYKXswsvRyG3cuw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 10:16 -0800, Jack Vogel wrote: > For those that may have run across the story on Slashdot about this NIC, > here is our statement: > > Recently there were a few stories published, based on a blog post by an > end-user, suggesting specific network packets may cause the Intel® 82574L > Gigabit Ethernet Controller to become unresponsive until corrected by a > full platform power cycle. > > Intel was made aware of this issue in September 2012 by the blogs author. > Intel worked with the author as well as the original motherboard > manufacturer to investigate and determine root cause. Intel root caused the > issue to the specific vendor’s mother board design where an incorrect > EEPROM image was programmed during manufacturing. We communicated the > findings and recommended corrections to the motherboard manufacturer. > > It is Intel’s belief that this is an implementation issue isolated to a > specific manufacturer, not a design problem with the Intel 82574L Gigabit > Ethernet controller. Intel has not observed this issue with any > implementations which follow Intel’s published design guidelines. Intel > recommends contacting your motherboard manufacturer if you have continued > concerns or questions whether your products are impacted. > Here is the link: > > http://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2013/02/07/intel-82574l-gigabit-ethernet-controller-statement > > Any questions or concerns may be sent to me. > > Cheers, > > Jack Thanks for the info. I'm sure there were some *interesting* debugging sessions during this. Sean
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