27/02/14 11:07, intrigeri wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the infamous #6460 bug (aka. "Fix memory wipe with recent kernel") is
> fixed by blacklisting the mei-me and mei modules, on the only hardware
> I currently have at hand that exposed the bug.
>
> Please review'n'merge feature/disable-mei for 0.23.
> Assigned to anonym.
>
> Note that this branch is based on
> bugfix/linux-kbuild-3.12-from-testing.
>
> The only commit it adds on top is:
>
> commit 95660b75da58779477ce7fa21841613085d43fff
> Author: Tails developers <amnesia@???>
> Date: Thu Feb 27 08:32:47 2014 +0000
>
> Disable the Intel Management Engine Interface driver.
>
> It is only useful to take benefit from the integrated ME,
> for out-of-band management, OS watchdog etc., which:
>
> 1. we don't care about in Tails
> 2. might be dangerous
> 3. causes bugs on various hardware (e.g. systems that reboot when asked to shut
> down)
Personally I think the secondary reasons (1-3) are enough for merging
this, so I've done it.
I've tested all my systems with Intel graphics hardware, and none
exhibits the memory wipe issue reported in #6460 *without* this fix.
Hence I leave the ticket open until we have more confirmations that it
actually fixes the issue.
Cheers!
