Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id <S276135AbRJUUtI>; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:49:08 -0400
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org
	id <S275675AbRJUUs6>; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:48:58 -0400
Received: from mail.pha.ha-vel.cz ([195.39.72.3]:57351 "HELO
	mail.pha.ha-vel.cz") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP
	id <S276118AbRJUUsr>; Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:48:47 -0400
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:49:18 +0200
From: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
To: Kelledin Tane <feralgod@home.com>
Cc: Volker Dierks <vd@mwi-online.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VIA 686b Bug - once again :(
Message-ID: <20011021224918.A30664@suse.cz>
In-Reply-To: <200110211326.PAA01192@mail.mwi-online.de> <3BD2DCFB.C00E93B6@home.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
In-Reply-To: <3BD2DCFB.C00E93B6@home.com>; from feralgod@home.com on Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 09:34:35AM -0500
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 09:34:35AM -0500, Kelledin Tane wrote:

> > So my questions is:
> > I'm going to buy a 3ware 6410(B)
> > IDE raid controller .. can I suspect
> > a failure safe system (in aspect to
> > the 686b problems) when all discs
> > are connected to the 3ware
> > controller?
> 
> I would certainly expect so.  I have a Gigabyte GA-7DX with the infamous VIA
> 686B southbridge...and an SBLive! Value...and I have no IDE devices at all
> (complete SCSI).  I have never encountered data corruption.

Corruption *has* been reported on some scsi-only 686b systems, though. 

> Just out of curiosity...is this IBM drive a 75GXP model?  What does IBM's
> Drive Fitness Test tell you about it?  I ask because the 75GXP is IMHO a
> flawed product line.

Well, I have a 30GB drive from the 75GXP family. It works just fine so far.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs
-
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/