Bug#404143: Fans unreliable under load, permanent memory leak

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 10:54:50AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> severity 404143 critical
> thanks
> 
> * Bastian Blank (waldi@debian.org) [061222 01:27]:
> > On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 01:51:36AM +0100, ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org wrote:
> > > Consequence: linux-image-2.6.18-3-amd63 (=2.6.18-7) is unsuitable for
> > > release.
> > 
> > Failing for you don't makes it unsuitable.
> 
> That is a true statement by itself. This bug however has the potential
> to damage hardware. Which is a critical bug.

Euh, it seems to me more that the hardware has a bug which causes normal
operation to damage it.

As thus, i think that any damage done would be under the responsability of the
manufacturer to repare or fix. This seems to be both the position of Bastian
and Maximilian, and it seems reasonable.

So, users of such hardware, please bother your vendor to either exchange it
for a not broken one, or at least provide a bios upgrade which fixes the
brokeness.

Friendly,

Sven Luther