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Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:03:37 -0600
From: Steven Walter <srwalter@yahoo.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Screen corruption in 2.4.18
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On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 04:48:20PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Here is a patch which should apply cleanly to everyone's tree, which
> > only clears bit 7 on all chips except the KT266.  No problems have been
> > reported there, so I'm leaving well enough alone.  Please apply.
> 
> No. Not until someone explains to me why VIA specifically told me I must
> clear the 3 bits. If you get that wrong you get slow and insidious disk
> corruption. Its hard to test and I'm not going to use other people's
> hardware as target practice for a hunch.

I've contacted someone at VIA about it, but have yet to hear back.
You'll be the first to know when I do.
-- 
-Steven
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
			-- George Orwell
He's alive.  He's alive!  Oh, that fellow at RadioShack said I was mad!
Well, who's mad now?
			-- Montgomery C. Burns
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