Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:46:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:46:32 -0500 Received: from edtn006530.hs.telusplanet.net ([161.184.137.180]:47116 "EHLO mail.harddata.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 15:46:23 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 13:46:20 -0700 From: Michal Jaegermann To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4 kernels - "attempt to access beyond end of device" Message-ID: <20010228134620.A29971@mail.harddata.com> In-Reply-To: <20010226191007.A15716@mail.harddata.com> <20010227163627.A23026@mail.harddata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.5us In-Reply-To: <20010227163627.A23026@mail.harddata.com>; from Michal Jaegermann on Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 04:36:27PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I think that I found what gives me a hell with this box and it looks like that this not Linux at all. Once again, this is Athlon K6 on Asus AV7 mobo and "Award Advanced ACPI BIOS" version 1005C. I have more checks to make before I will be fully satisfied but this looks like it. In this BIOS setup there are two "advanced" options: System Performance Setting [Optimal, Normal] USB Legacy Support [Auto, Enabled, Disabled] If the first one is set to "Normal" and the second one to "Disabled" then the whole system becomes stable. I copied from various file systems to a directory+on ext2 around 1.2 GB of files without any ill effects and run succesfully 'diff -r' between two directories 475 MB each. If BIOS options are any other way then one should expect spectacular blowups with corrupted file systems and other nasty effects after the first oops. It survives up to something between 130 to 150 MB of data moved, does not matter which kernel, and that is it. It is difficult to know what is "System Performance Setting" as it always shows "Optimal" regardless of a status on the last save. But a system behaviour depends on how it was set so it seems to change even if a display, on the next visit, does not. How "USB Legacy Support" comes into the picture I cannot even imagine. I did try with 2.2.19pre and 2.4 kernels and the picture does not change. Any rational explanation beyond that BIOS is doing something really nasty? Cheers, Michal - 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/