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Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 03:29:45 +0800
From: Steve Underwood <steveu@coppice.org>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: VIA 686 timer bugfix incomplete
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Alan Cox wrote:

>>but it seems that the patch was incomplete: The bug is still triggered on my
>>computer using 2.4.14, but the bugfix seems to work whith -ac kernels.
>>
> 
> The first piece is in.
> 
> 
>>you can see what's missing to actually work around the via timer bug. I hope
>>this will go into 2.4.15.
>>
> 
> I don't plan to submit it until the locking fixes for the timer access are
> done and we know the real cause


If the messages:

probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a 
VIA686a motherboard.
probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.

are really related to a VIA686A bug, why do they erratically appear on 
Compaq ML370's, which use ServerWorks chip sets? Is there a common bug 
between these chip sets? Seems unlikely.

Regards,
Steve



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