Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:37:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:36:51 -0500 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:28932 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 19 Mar 2002 21:36:41 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:36:10 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Alan Cox cc: Ken Brownfield , m.knoblauch@TeraPort.de, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Filesystem Corruption (ext2) on Tyan S2462, 2xAMD1900MP, 2.4.17SMP In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Alan Cox wrote: > > I am in their lab trying to reproduce the error and I have found some docs > > which could help address the error of the 4byte FIFO issue in the engine. > > It looks fixable on paper. > > Andre - if you want the info I have from the previous stuff I was involved > in I can strip out customer company info and send it on. > > > As for the AMD driver, who knows which version is in that kernel. > > 2.4.18 has a very old one > 2.4.18-ac has the Andre/AMD updated one, but not the further updates. > (eg it turns off SWDMA on more chipsets than it needs to) > Why, SWDMA is obsoleted and there should not be any modern drives reporting the support. Cheers, Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group - 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/