[Bug 263555] Re: [intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk

[abingham]

It's been almost a day since discussion on this issue resumed.

The Alpha 6 image are still up with no warning present.

I always assume that an Alpha or Beta release may break things to where
I need to reinstall the OS.  Battery life could be bad.  Etc.  But this
is literally capable of *destroying* peoples hardware. It's a whole
different ball game.  Even the LiveCDs are affected, and people testing
them can reasonably assume there will be no hardware impact on their
system even if it is an Alpha.

These images need to be pulled from availablility *now*.  Major mirror
sites need to be notified.

If the release becomes '8.11' instead of '8.10' because of it, so what.
We are talking about destroying motherboards here.  Replacing a laptop
motherboard can cost > $500.

If this is not dealt with, I will no longer be able to recommend Ubuntu
to friends and family.  The attitude of 'release on time at all costs'
already caused many issues with 8.04, and now people are seriously
suggesting continuing distribution of disc images that literally destroy
hardware?

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[intrepid] 2.6.27 e1000e driver places Intel ICH8 and ICH9 gigE chipsets at risk
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263555
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