Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:18:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:18:13 -0500 Received: from nat-pool.corp.redhat.com ([199.183.24.200]:43802 "EHLO devserv.devel.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:17:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 11:16:21 -0500 From: Arjan van de Ven To: Wayne Whitney Cc: LKML Subject: Re: 2.4.3-p8 pci_fixup_vt8363 + ASUS A7V "Optimal" = IDE disk corruption Message-ID: <20010329111621.A23751@devserv.devel.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from whitney@math.berkeley.edu on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:29:46PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:29:46PM -0800, Wayne Whitney wrote: > I'm running kernel 2.4.3-pre8 on an ASUS A7V (BIOS 1007) motherboard and > recently noticed that it sometimes corrupts my hard disk, an IBM 75GXP on > the onboard PDC20265 IDE controller. The corruption is detectable with a > simple 'dd if=/dev/urandom of=test bs=16384 count=32768; cp test test2 ; > diff test test2'. /me throws arms in the air in despiration It seems that the exact same settings corrupt a lot on one board and not on another. But if you remove the quirk, the corruption is the other way around........ Greetings, Arjan van de Ven - 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/