Re: net6501: doesn't start if not first unplugged for 8 minutes

On 07/04/17 18:18, David Ruggiero wrote:
> > Maybe it's just me ... but this is the part that I find unlikely.  Why
> > would a huge company like Intel do that?  They already admitted that a
> > similar problem exists in related chipsets.
>
> I fully agree - weakest part of my argument. Why would Intel care
> about a customer whose total chip purchases amount to a rounding error
> in their yearly embedded system sales? Seems like they could just say
> "too bad".

My succession of little green boxes have now been succeeded by a
Netgate/ADI Engineering 2440, which has an Atom C2xxx CPU that has the
bug that's been in the press. But due to a fortunate coincidence the bug
can be sidestepped in software in this product, and I received an alert
from the company I purchased the product from containing information on
how to upgrade to a BIOS that works around the problem.

So the kind of customer service we enjoyed years ago from Soekris, but
no longer.

Jan