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Mac drive makers patch FireWire flaw
As [link=http://www.short-media.com/comment.php?255]previously reported[/link], there has been concern over a glitch in the latest version of Apple's Mac OS X operating system, that could cause some high speed FireWire drives to lose data. This concern has resulted in some hard drive makers resorting to updating their firmware, in an attempt to combat the problem.
[blockquote]Apple said on Thursday that the issue is a problem with drives that use the Oxford 922 bridge chipset with firmware version 1.02.
"Apple is working with Oxford Semiconductor and affected drive manufacturers to resolve this issue, which resides in the Oxford 922 chipset," the company said in a statement.
In the interim, Oxford Semiconductor released a statement saying it is looking into the matter but does not believe its chips are solely to blame.
"We currently believe that this issue relates to a change in the way Panther uses FireWire, which affected version 1.02 of the OXUF922 driver software," the company said, adding that a later version of its firmware, 1.05, was released in September.
"As there is currently no evidence that this issue is purely related to Oxford's 922-based drives, Oxford Semiconductor is advising all FireWire drive users to take advantage of further Panther revisions as they arise." [/blockquote]
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[blockquote]Apple said on Thursday that the issue is a problem with drives that use the Oxford 922 bridge chipset with firmware version 1.02.
"Apple is working with Oxford Semiconductor and affected drive manufacturers to resolve this issue, which resides in the Oxford 922 chipset," the company said in a statement.
In the interim, Oxford Semiconductor released a statement saying it is looking into the matter but does not believe its chips are solely to blame.
"We currently believe that this issue relates to a change in the way Panther uses FireWire, which affected version 1.02 of the OXUF922 driver software," the company said, adding that a later version of its firmware, 1.05, was released in September.
"As there is currently no evidence that this issue is purely related to Oxford's 922-based drives, Oxford Semiconductor is advising all FireWire drive users to take advantage of further Panther revisions as they arise." [/blockquote]
[link=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/mac/0,39020393,39117574,00.htm]Read more[/link]
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