Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:51:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:51:14 -0500 Received: from mail.mediaways.net ([193.189.224.113]:28315 "HELO mail.mediaways.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:51:12 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.21-pre3-ac3 and KT400 From: Soeren Sonnenburg To: Edward Tandi Cc: Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <1042497524.2819.51.camel@wires.home.biz> References: <1042495829.1223.10.camel@sun> <1042497524.2819.51.camel@wires.home.biz> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1042498392.1191.31.camel@sun> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: 13 Jan 2003 23:53:12 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 23:38, Edward Tandi wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 22:10, Soeren Sonnenburg wrote: > > [...] > > > I am running Linux on an ASUS A7V8X, VIA KT400 chipset motherboard. > > > The processor is a 1.5GHz Athlon XP. I started experimenting with > > > new-ish kernels again because of the general lack of kernel support > > > for this chipset in stock kernels. 3 questions below: > > > > Hey finally someone with my setup :-)) > > > > > 1) I have 1GB ram, but I cannot get high memory support to work. It > > > falls over during boot. I've seen discussions about AMD cache issues, > > > but has it been fixed yet? Is it supposed to work? > > > > I am using older kernels (2.4.20) and it seems to work... > > Yes, but as you mention below, it is unstable. Well it works rock stable - except for one of my harddisks freezing once in a week (but that is another issue) - if I don't use the two additional promise TX2 ide controllers (extra cards not the onboard stuff). > OK. I am using the OSS driver. Still, it should work normally. agreed. > > 3) I get the following messages at boot-time: > > [...] > > > Jan 13 18:23:05 wires kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { > > > DriveStatusError BadCRC } > > > Jan 13 18:23:05 wires kernel: blk: queue c0437940, I/O limit 4095Mb [...] > > That sounds like a bad cable. Do you use 80wires ide cables, connectors > > attached to the ends ? > > No, but my drives are old and only support UDMA 2 anyway. I get most > things off the LAN. It should really enable UDMA 2. hmmhh, I would consider checking the harddisk then... it might be defective. Soeren. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/