Hello, I have sent a question concerning some problems I was having with my machine. As I suspected, the reason was the IDE patch I got from :
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ It contains an old version of the ALI V driver (beta2). I got a newer one (beta3) from: http://www.ali.com.tw (look at the drivers section) and my machine is running happily for five days now. Therefore I would suggest for all of you who have ALI V boards and applied the IDE patch from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hedrick/ to consider to upgrade to the beta3 version. I'll be sending a message to Headrick from kernel.org. So, maybe he'll also have the newest version in the next kernel release. Take care, Paulo. Paulo Jose da Silva e Silva writes: > > Hi all, > > I seem to have a kernel error here. > > It usually happens when cron.daily is running. The screen sometimes > freezes (if I in X) and my keyboard dies. So I have to reboot using the reset > button (argh!). > > I am using 2.2.15 with ide patch applied. I have an ALI V system. At > the end I'll show my boot messages and the kernel erro log. > > Hope someone can help. I have the feeling that I'll have to give up > the ide patch (bye, bye UDMA). > > Thanks for any help and/or suggestions. > > Paulo.
