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On 09/02/2013, at 4:46, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:

> recommends contacting your motherboard manufacturer if you have =
continued
> concerns or questions whether your products are impacted.
> Here is the link:
>=20
> =
http://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2013/02/07/intel-82574l-=
gigabit-ethernet-controller-statement
>=20
> 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.

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