I should add, regarding justifiability, that the Ubuntu kernel is already maintaining a patch for a related bug (bug #90271). That patch forces all 8139too devices into PIO mode instead of MMIO mode, the latter being the default in the upstream kernel. Arne's patch makes that other patch obsolete, and is entirely focused on the machines affected by this bug (and 90271, which was a different consequence of the same problem).
I think this is a positive effect, in that people using the 8139too module will get MMIO --as intended upstream-- and no other side effects should be seen on computers other than the laptops associated with this bug. The patch could be justified solely on these grounds. -- sdhci module hangs Everex StepNote 2053T https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
