Lenovo laptop BIOS corruption bug -- Intel SPI code in 4.13 kernel
I just came across this today in browsing. Just a heads up to anyone installing 17.10 on a Lenovo laptop.
A bug in the 4.13 kernel Intel SPI driver is causing many models of Lenovo laptops (and a few others) to corrupt the BIOS. It may require replacement of the BIOS chip (if possible) or even replacement of the motherboard. The download of the 17.10 ISO has been discouraged temporarily: https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu
From the Ubuntu bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...x/+bug/1734147
"Impact: Many users are reporting issues with bios corruption with 17.10. This seems to stem from enabling the intel-spi-* drivers in the kernel, which don't appear to be ready for use on end-user machines.
Fix: Disable this driver.
Test Case: Fix has been verified by our HWE team on affected hardware.
Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually doing anything which requires this driver."
Phoronix reported the bug here:
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...BIOS-Corrupter
A bug in the 4.13 kernel Intel SPI driver is causing many models of Lenovo laptops (and a few others) to corrupt the BIOS. It may require replacement of the BIOS chip (if possible) or even replacement of the motherboard. The download of the 17.10 ISO has been discouraged temporarily: https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu
From the Ubuntu bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...x/+bug/1734147
"Impact: Many users are reporting issues with bios corruption with 17.10. This seems to stem from enabling the intel-spi-* drivers in the kernel, which don't appear to be ready for use on end-user machines.
Fix: Disable this driver.
Test Case: Fix has been verified by our HWE team on affected hardware.
Regression Potential: Minimal, it's unlikely anyone is actually doing anything which requires this driver."
Phoronix reported the bug here:
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...BIOS-Corrupter
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