Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:58:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:57:59 -0500 Received: from 200-221-84-35.dsl-sp.uol.com.br ([200.221.84.35]:63495 "HELO dumont.rtb.ath.cx") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 1 Mar 2001 20:57:46 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 22:57:39 -0300 From: Rogerio Brito To: Jeremy Jackson Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [Newbie] Re: Problem creating filesystem Message-ID: <20010301225739.A674@iname.com> Mail-Followup-To: Jeremy Jackson , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <11dd01c0a04e$98b92e60$f40237d1@MIACFERNANDEZ> <3A9B24BE.69777690@coplanar.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.12i In-Reply-To: <3A9B24BE.69777690@coplanar.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Feb 26 2001, Jeremy Jackson wrote: > Carlos Fernandez Sanz wrote: > > The IDE controller is > > Bus 0, device 17, function 0: > > Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology Unknown device (rev > > 2). > > Vendor id=105a. Device id=d30. > > Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. Latency=32. > > Unrelated to disk "problem", you might want to set your PCI latency timer in > BIOS to 64 or more. Ok, I understand that this is probably off-topic and way too basic, but what exactly would this do, in layman terms? Would the latency being set to 32 result in any potential data corruption? BTW, to set this quantity, one should use setpci, right? Thanks for any help, Roger... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Rogerio Brito - rbrito@iname.com - http://www.ime.usp.br/~rbrito/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= - 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/