For those considering Linux...

On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 18:46:41 -0600, Nobody wrote:

On 12/20/2017 7:36 AM, Doomsdrzej wrote:
...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-17.10-BIOS-Corrupter

Linux corrupts your BIOS. Brilliant stuff.

"Canonical has temporarily pulled the download links for Ubuntu 17.10
"Artful Aardvark" from the Ubuntu website due to ongoing reports of some
laptops finding their BIOS corrupted after installing this latest Ubuntu
release."

"This issue appears to stem from the Intel SPI driver in the 17.10's
Linux 4.13 kernel corrupting the BIOS for a select number of laptop
motherboards."

"When the BIOS is corrupted by the Intel SPI kernel driver, the effects
range from being unable to save BIOS settings to no longer being able to
boot from USB devices.

The Intel SPI kernel driver is responsible for reading/writing to SPI
serial flash. Due to the SPI serial flash holding the BIOS and other
platform specific data, Intel's driver is supposed to make the contents
read-only, but clearly something is going awry with the driver in 17.10."

Old news, homey.

On 1/22/2018 9:09 AM, Doomsdrzej wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 18:46:41 -0600, Nobody wrote:

On 12/20/2017 7:36 AM, Doomsdrzej wrote:
...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-17.10-BIOS-Corrupter

Linux corrupts your BIOS. Brilliant stuff.

"Canonical has temporarily pulled the download links for Ubuntu 17.10
"Artful Aardvark" from the Ubuntu website due to ongoing reports of some
laptops finding their BIOS corrupted after installing this latest Ubuntu
release."

"This issue appears to stem from the Intel SPI driver in the 17.10's
Linux 4.13 kernel corrupting the BIOS for a select number of laptop
motherboards."

"When the BIOS is corrupted by the Intel SPI kernel driver, the effects
range from being unable to save BIOS settings to no longer being able to
boot from USB devices.

The Intel SPI kernel driver is responsible for reading/writing to SPI
serial flash. Due to the SPI serial flash holding the BIOS and other
platform specific data, Intel's driver is supposed to make the contents
read-only, but clearly something is going awry with the driver in 17.10."

Old news, homey.

You missed the point the problem is with Intel drivers, not Linux.

Nobody wrote:
On 1/22/2018 9:09 AM, Doomsdrzej wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 18:46:41 -0600, Nobody wrote:

On 12/20/2017 7:36 AM, Doomsdrzej wrote:
...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-17.10-BIOS-Corrupter


Linux corrupts your BIOS. Brilliant stuff.

"Canonical has temporarily pulled the download links for Ubuntu 17.10
"Artful Aardvark" from the Ubuntu website due to ongoing reports of some
laptops finding their BIOS corrupted after installing this latest Ubuntu
release."

"This issue appears to stem from the Intel SPI driver in the 17.10's
Linux 4.13 kernel corrupting the BIOS for a select number of laptop
motherboards."

"When the BIOS is corrupted by the Intel SPI kernel driver, the effects
range from being unable to save BIOS settings to no longer being able to
boot from USB devices.

The Intel SPI kernel driver is responsible for reading/writing to SPI
serial flash. Due to the SPI serial flash holding the BIOS and other
platform specific data, Intel's driver is supposed to make the contents
read-only, but clearly something is going awry with the driver in
17.10."

Old news, homey.

You missed the point the problem is with Intel drivers, not Linux.


Why is that SPI driver in the OS again ?

Here's a hint.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...x/+bug/1734147

"Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually
doing anything which requires this driver" === Ding! Ding! Ding!

So here's the thing.

Issue #1: Driver *does not* belong in a general release kernel.
You wouldn't even have heard about this issue, if all
the kernel builds had been configured properly.

Issue #2: Driver logic is defective. Driver should *not* be
****ing with all the write-protect bits. Only
board-certified Rocket Scientists are qualified
to do that. If you don't know what a write-protect
is for, *don't touch it* FFS. The driver writer
should have had a heart-to-heart with a Coreboot
developer, someone who has a clue.

The thing is, anyone actually using the SPI driver for its
intended purpose, already know the risks, and "brickage"
is something they prepare for in advance. Issue #2 would
not have bothered them in the least, because they've
likely already had multiple brickage events, and have
all the gear needed to fix it. Whereas people affected
by Issue #1, aren't prepared at all for what happens.

I know it's popular, when building kernels, to "tick all
the boxes, you know, for test coverage". But you really
have to be a little more selective than that. There are
pages and pages and pages of options. And yes, you
have to read the descriptions and then decide what
to tick.

Paul

On 12/26/2017 2:57 PM, Char Jackson wrote:
On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:29:32 -0000 (UTC), Brick
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:22:31 -0500, Wolf K, thunk thusly:
On 2017-12-25 18:08, Bob F wrote:
On 12/25/2017 3:01 PM, Doomsdrzej wrote:
On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 14:50:03 -0800, Bob F wrote:

On 12/25/2017 2:25 PM, Doomsdrzej wrote:
On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:44:19 -0500, Wolf K
wrote:

On 2017-12-25 06:44, Brick wrote:
[...]
If you don't marry them young, you're marrying an ejaculation bucket.
If that turns you on, then you are the wierd one.
All men prefer young virgins.
Old virgins are also acceptable, just rare.

Ah, I see, you're one of those who's afraid that an experienced woman
will rate you based on the quality of your, erm, technique.

No, she won't.

She'll rate you on the quality of your character.

Yours would rate close to zero.
While I can't speak for Brick, the reality is that _no_ honest man
would find an "experienced" woman to be more attractive than a young
virgin around the age of 18 or 19.

Wow! Speak for yourself, or grow up. There are some really screwed up
men here.

Then you're a liar.

You are an idiot child! Scary, that a grown man could think to say such
a thing. There may be a few warped children like you, but certainly not
everyone among grownup men.

Any other of you grownup men out there find silver streaks in a women's
hair to be sexy?

Sure. One of the sexiest women I know is 81 years old.

Doomed and Brick can't imagine that. But then neither has shown much
evidence of having a functional imagination. Fantasising, yes,
especially about 18 year old virgins. Imagining, no.

I'm no longer married to an 18 year old virgin, dumbass.
I am still with that wife, she aged as I did.
That was part of the plan.

Is she "used" now? Oh, the horror!

Dude, I don't even have a name for the condition that you're exhibiting.

It's called monogamy. It could also be called "righteousness" or just
plain old "clean living."

It's pretty messed up, though.

Having a monogamous relationship for his whole life is called "living
right," not "pretty messed up." It takes lack of morals and a twisted
mind to see the reverse as true.