Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754957AbXJBWbH (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:31:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752557AbXJBWa4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:30:56 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:58855 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752055AbXJBWaz (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Oct 2007 18:30:55 -0400 Message-ID: <4702C694.10402@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:30:44 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Neil Romig CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: File corruption when using kernels 2.6.18+ References: <46FFC371.9040805@romig.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <46FFC371.9040805@romig.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1018 Lines: 29 On 09/30/2007 11:40 AM, Neil Romig wrote: > I am using kernel 2.6.17.14, and would like to use newer versions for > the wireless code but I get file corruption with any kernel more recent > than this. My system uses a SiS645DX chipset (it is a rebadged CLEVO > D400E) with 5513 IDE. > > I get this corruption with read/writes, i.e using "cp", "dd", when > compiling software, writing to CD, etc etc. An example: > > cp ../Changelog-2.6.18 . > diff Changelog-2.6.18 ../Changelog-2.6.18 > > 16377c16377 > < LD .top_vmlinux1 > --- >> LD .tmp_vmlinux1 > 23954c23954 > < Date: Mon Jul 1% 04:45:11 2006 -0700 > --- >> Date: Mon Jul 10 04:45:11 2006 -0700 Is there some pattern to the corruption, like maybe it occurs once every N bytes in the file? - 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/