Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:22:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:22:17 -0500 Received: from pc26.tromso2.avidi.online.no ([148.122.16.26]:7182 "EHLO shogun.thule.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 14:22:05 -0500 From: "Troels Walsted Hansen" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: VIA acknowledges North Bridge bug (AKA Linux Kernel with Athlon optimizations bug) Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 20:21:57 +0100 Message-ID: <005b01c17dc2$1c244130$0300000a@samurai> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3311 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Remember the pci_fixup_via_athlon_bug() (AKA "Athlon bug stomper") function which went into kernel 2.4.14 after much discussion? Apparently the mysterious register 55 in the Northbridge controls a buggy Memory Write Queue timer. They finally acknowledged the problem when Nvidia drivers and Windows XP started pushing the hardware enough to trigger the bug... http://bbs.pcstats.com/viahardware/messageview.cfm?catid=19&threadid=863 8 -- Troels Walsted Hansen - 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/