Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-15 Thread Eric W. Biederman
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Here might be one of the resons for the trouble with VIA chipsets: > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html > > > > Some DMA error corrupting data, sounds like a really nasty bug. The > > information is minimal on that page. > > What an

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-15 Thread Thomas Molina
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Dan Podeanu wrote: > On 13 Apr 2001, Doug McNaught wrote: > > > Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Here might be one of the resons for the trouble with VIA chipsets: > > > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html > > > > > > > > Some DMA error

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Dan Podeanu
On 13 Apr 2001, Doug McNaught wrote: > Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Here might be one of the resons for the trouble with VIA chipsets: > > > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html > > > > > > Some DMA error corrupting data, sounds like a really nasty bug. The > >

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Jamie Lokier
Alan Cox wrote: > > Is this problem likely to affect 2.2.X? I have a VIA-based board on > > order (Tyan Trinity) and I don't plan to run 2.4 on it anytime soon > > (it's upgrading a stock RH6.2 box). > > > > Am I safe if I stay in PIO mode? > > I have received exactly zero reports of 2.2 proble

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Doug McNaught
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is this problem likely to affect 2.2.X? I have a VIA-based board on > > order (Tyan Trinity) and I don't plan to run 2.4 on it anytime soon > > (it's upgrading a stock RH6.2 box). > > > > Am I safe if I stay in PIO mode? > > I have received exactly zero

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Alan Cox
> Is this problem likely to affect 2.2.X? I have a VIA-based board on > order (Tyan Trinity) and I don't plan to run 2.4 on it anytime soon > (it's upgrading a stock RH6.2 box). > > Am I safe if I stay in PIO mode? I have received exactly zero reports of 2.2 problems, and as the 2.2 maintainer

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Doug McNaught
Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Here might be one of the resons for the trouble with VIA chipsets: > > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html > > > > Some DMA error corrupting data, sounds like a really nasty bug. The > > information is minimal on that page. > > What an

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Alan Cox
> These are the things, that one of the German links[1] suggest > (translated only, because I'm not the IDE guy ;-)): > >- PCI Delay Transaction = 0 (off) (Register 0x70, Bit 1) >- PCI Master Read Caching = 0 (off) (Register 0x70, Bit 2) >- PCI Latency = 0 (values between 0 and 32

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Alan Cox
> Here might be one of the resons for the trouble with VIA chipsets: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html > > Some DMA error corrupting data, sounds like a really nasty bug. The > information is minimal on that page. What annoys me is that we've known about the problem for _age

Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Ingo Oeser
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 10:00:32AM +0200, Dennis Bjorklund wrote: > Here might be one of the resons for the trouble with VIA chipsets: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html > > Some DMA error corrupting data, sounds like a really nasty bug. The > information is minimal on that pa

Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets

2001-04-13 Thread Dennis Bjorklund
Here might be one of the resons for the trouble with VIA chipsets: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html Some DMA error corrupting data, sounds like a really nasty bug. The information is minimal on that page. I just bought one of these babies and I should probably return it directl