Ubuntu
linux-hwe-edge package

  1. Xenial (16.04)
  2. Bug #1734147
  3. Comment #189

Comment 189 for bug 1734147

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Rob Thomas (xrobau) wrote : Re: Ubuntu 17.10 corrupting BIOS - many LENOVO laptops models

A method to repair machines was posted earlier, but may have been missed in the noise.

Paul Sladen in #173 suggests that blacklisting the kernel module, and then doing TWO COMPLETE REBOOTS will allow the BIOS to recover.

Looking at the code, this seems plausible.