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Ubuntu 17.10 pulled: Linux OS knackers laptop BIOSes, Intel kernel driver fingered

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I don't get it...

"Seemingly, a problem with this code causes the OS to flip the wrong configuration bit in a hardware register, and write protect the firmware's data, triggering further failures."

So is this a write-only write-protect bit? Once flipped, a few lines of C code can't simply unflip it?!

If that is the case, I could swallow a few grams of silicon and *puke up* a better design.

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