[OpenIndiana-discuss] Missing Intel NIC Driver on OpenIndiana oi_148

[Okky Hendriansyah]

Hi Edward,

Oh my. This is bad. :( I hope mine is not one of the 5%. :(
Thanks for the update though.

Best regards,
Okky Hendriansyah

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Edward Martinez <mindbender_1 at live.com>wrote:

> On 01/30/11 23:30, Okky Hendriansyah wrote:
>
>> I just recently build a new rig for mostly virtualization lab and storage.
>> It's a Sandy Bridge platform, with Intel motherboard (Intel DH67GD).
>>
> Hi,
>
> I just wanna give a heads up to be alert on this.
>
>  that Intel just annoucned their 6 series chipset has a design flaw . darn,
>  this problems will affect all the motherboard makers who is using those
> chipsets.
>
> "As part of ongoing quality assurance, Intel Corporation has discovered a
> design issue in a recently released support chip, the Intel® 6 Series,
> code-named Cougar Point, and has implemented a silicon fix. In some cases,
> the Serial-ATA (SATA) ports within the chipsets may degrade over time,
> potentially impacting the performance or functionality of SATA-linked
> devices such as hard disk drives and DVD-drives."
>
>
> http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/01/31/intel-identifies-chipset-design-error-implementing-solution
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel-discovers-bug-in-6series-chipset-begins-recall
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/4143/the-source-of-intels-cougar-point-sata-bug
>
> --
> Regards,
> Edward
>
>
>
>
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