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trebligdivad
20 days ago
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When power cycling your (x86) server isn't enough ...
A BIOS can forget to reset some devices. A physical device might have a design flaw where it forgets to reset some registers on reset. A BIOS (including device firmware) can forget to zero some RAM/initialise a structure and get lucky.
garganzol
20 days ago
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Yep, this is a typical flaw and it can cause annoying situations. I met it in my practice.
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