Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030218AbVI1Inf (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:43:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030221AbVI1Inf (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:43:35 -0400 Received: from herkules.vianova.fi ([194.100.28.129]:3256 "HELO mail.vianova.fi") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030218AbVI1Ine (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:43:34 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:43:31 +0300 From: Ville Herva To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Strange disk corruption with Linux >= 2.6.13 Message-ID: <20050928084330.GC24760@viasys.com> Reply-To: vherva@vianova.fi References: <20050927111038.GA22172@ime.usp.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20050927111038.GA22172@ime.usp.br> X-Operating-System: Linux herkules.vianova.fi 2.4.27 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1641 Lines: 45 On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 08:10:39AM -0300, you [Rog?rio Brito] wrote: > Hi there. I'm seeing a really strange problem on my system lately and I > am not really sure that it has anything to do with the kernels. > > I would appreciate any guidance with my problems. Any help is welcome. > > My desktop has a Duron 1.3GHz (but, for some reason, it runs only at > 1.1GHz) and an Asus A7V motherboard, with chipset VIA KT133 (not the > enhanced version KT133A). You may be running into this problem: http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0207.2/0574.html http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-02/1727.html http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-01/1048.html http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=99889965423508&w=2 (A google search will turn up more.) I had enourmeous trouble with Via KT133 and IDE. Placing network card to a different PCI slot helped somewhat as did upgrading the bios. I NEVER got the board stable, and ended up ditching it. It seemed to be a KT133 Northbridge DMA issue. My impression is that KT133 is utter crap period. When browsing the viaarena.com forums, I found huge number of problem reports about KT133 corrupting DMA transfers with sound cards, video editing cards and IDE. It seemed to me it just can't get DMA right when it is under heavy load. The reports were mostly windows, btw. -- v -- v@iki.fi - 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/