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From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
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To: E M Recio <polywog@navpoint.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: AMD Athlon + VIA Crashing On Disk I/O
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:45:43 -0200
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On 16 April 2002 11:28, E M Recio wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> I have an AMD Athlon 1.2 with a VIA 8259A Chipset (see bottom). If I
> compile the kernel with the Athlon option it crashes all the time. In
> fact, I can't even get Redhat 7.2 installed without a core dump when it
> tries to mount the filesystem. With the later kernels, it doesn't core
> dump, but just freezes.

Kernel version?

> IE: If I have ide-scsi module loaded, and I try to access the floppy
> drive, it locks up the machine (regardless of whether cputype is Athlon
> or K6.)
>
> IE: Updatedb locks up the machine.
>
> I get (when FSCK):
>
> spurious 8259A IRQ7

cat /proc/interrupts, is ther lots of ERR: interrupts?

> Does anyone know if there's a bug fix for this chipset? My board is
> made from FIC (crappy, instructions don't even matchup). I used to be
> able to fix it by changing the CPU type to K6 but that doesn't work now
> with the later kernels (2.4.15 and up.)

Try to compile for 486.
--
vda
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