Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
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Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
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Re: Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
#2“We rushed a patch out and it’s causing problems we don’t understand yet. We’ll rush out an updated patch as soon as we can, so please don’t hesitate to install that.”
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Re: Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
#4“We rushed a patch out and it’s causing problems we don’t understand yet. We’ll rush out an updated patch as soon as we can, so please don’t hesitate to install that.”
"It could be true hardware and software orchestration requires an understanding of how components will work in concert, we apologize we did not rehearse in advance. "
Re: Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
#5This is -- to say the least -- frustrating. First, the busted microcode is still available on the Intel Download Center[1], without any warning that they recommend that you not, in fact, install it. Second, the press release is still being evasive: they have not merely "received reports"; they in fact know that it's causing issues, and the press release is avoiding the much stronger language that Intel is giving privately (namely, don't install this).
The broken microcode is (at some level, anyway) forgivable; Intel's ongoing inability to communicate transparently and honestly with its customers during this crisis of its creation is much less so.
[1] https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27431/Linux-Proces...
Re: Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
#6This is -- to say the least -- frustrating. First, the busted microcode is still available on the Intel Download Center[1], without any warning that they recommend that you not, in fact, install it. Second, the press release is still being evasive: they have not merely "received reports"; they in fact know that it's causing issues, and the press release is avoiding the much stronger language that Intel is giving priv…
if you're going to make the accusation that they're lying, at least provide a source - near as I can tell they are being as transparent as is reasonable.
Re: Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
#7“We have received reports from a few customers of higher system reboots after applying firmware updates.”
What does higher mean here?
Re: Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
#8Sorry If i had this wrong, they knew of the issues in June, and they only fix it in Jan.
I can hardly call this rushed.
Re: Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
#9“We rushed a patch out and it’s causing problems we don’t understand yet. We’ll rush out an updated patch as soon as we can, so please don’t hesitate to install that.”
Please don't use quotation marks to make it look like you're quoting someone when you're not.
Re: Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
#10Sorry If i had this wrong, they knew of the issues in June, and they only fix it in Jan. I can hardly call this rushed.
The fixes weren't widely run until this week.