From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 9 10:12:26 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97EE3EAD; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 10:12:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E1E191; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 10:12:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=bJmU0YCZ c=1 sm=0 a=lLOF/jpPrR0dcgWXP1EvZg==:17 a=xCuMbNp8hPoA:10 a=dLZphiicA4cA:10 a=R5FhY6rjjCMA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=Ymsr-CWnAAAA:8 a=LDrFwfghZz0A:10 a=iReALljSAAAA:8 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=QyXUC8HyAAAA:8 a=RaItmienAAAA:8 a=E70Ph-o_AAAA:8 a=WxxYND6mw3PQpSCbB8QA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=4elu-xP5etcA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=lLOF/jpPrR0dcgWXP1EvZg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 204.210.114.114 Received: from [204.210.114.114] ([204.210.114.114:49924] helo=localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com) by hrndva-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 59/B5-06157-10126115; Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:12:18 +0000 Received: by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AFE745CAD; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:12:19 -1000 (HST) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 00:12:19 -1000 From: Parv To: Daniel O'Connor Subject: Re: Intel 82574 issue reported on Slashdot Message-ID: <20130209101219.GA2133@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Daniel O'Connor , Jack Vogel , FreeBSD stable , "Pieper, Jeffrey E" , FreeBSD Net , "Hearn, James R" , "Vogel, Jack" , "Ronciak, John" , FreeBSD Current References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 13:09:32 +0000 Cc: FreeBSD stable , FreeBSD Current , "Pieper, Jeffrey E" , FreeBSD Net , "Hearn, James R" , "Vogel, Jack" , "Ronciak, John" , Jack Vogel X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:12:26 -0000 in message , wrote Daniel O'Connor thusly... > > > On 09/02/2013, at 4:46, Jack Vogel wrote: > > > 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. > > In all honesty.. The blog post (and your email) are basically > information free, they don't name names and provide no script or > downloadable code that will allow end users to check if they are > affected. > "Contact your motherboard manufacturer" is much more time > consuming than "Run sysctl... | grep foo | awk ..." to see if your > system is affected. Gift^WStraight from horse's mouth ... http://blog.krisk.org/2013/02/packets-of-death.html http://www.kriskinc.com/intel-pod - parv --