Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:09:13 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: chad@DCFinc.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshiba laptop lawsuit Message-ID: <199911210109.UAA14901@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <199911210034.RAA23624@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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> Does anyone on this list have more information? Is the fault on the
> laptop real? Who developed the FreeBSD patch, and what does it do?
> Is it open source?
>
> -crl
The "problem" is real; and exists on just about all Toshiba
laptops.
In a nutshell:
o) According to an article in Var Business magazine, Toshiba purchased
a FDC design from Nec many years ago - incorporating the controller into
other components.
o) Shortly after the incorporation of the FDC, Nec discovered that
the floppy drive can have a one-byte failure under certain rare
circumstances.
o) The Nec controller was corrected and Toshiba was notified.
o) However, in Toshiba's testing, the error never occurred.
Toshiba did not alter their controller.
o) The lawsuit was settled out of court.
o) Toshiba notes that an error has never been reported, and it
would be quite unlikely; but wanted to settle to avoid the
potential of a large payment should the suit go to a jury
trial.
As I understand it, notebooks made after mid-november now have the
correction.
- Dave Rivers -
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