Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:58:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:58:38 -0400 Received: from smtp1.cern.ch ([137.138.128.38]:39951 "EHLO smtp1.cern.ch") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 13 Apr 2001 18:58:24 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 00:58:16 +0200 From: Jamie Lokier To: Alan Cox Cc: Doug McNaught , Dennis Bjorklund , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets Message-ID: <20010414005816.B2290@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> 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 alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 02:36:05PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: > > Is this problem likely to affect 2.2.X? I have a VIA-based board on > > order (Tyan Trinity) and I don't plan to run 2.4 on it anytime soon > > (it's upgrading a stock RH6.2 box). > > > > Am I safe if I stay in PIO mode? > > I have received exactly zero reports of 2.2 problems, and as the 2.2 > maintainer I would have expected more (I delete 2.2 + ide-patch > reports). My suspicion is the problem requires UDMA to occur, or to > occur with any probability. Are you talking about IDE DMA problems on any VIA boards, or the Tyan in particular? I've sent several reports of sudden system death on a VIA motherboard, that were confirmed by a few other people. It's still present in 2.2: Mandrake 7's installer froze, twice, until I added "ide=nodma" (or whatever the option is). Note, this is _without_ UDMA: the board is not capable of UDMA. -- Jamie - 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/