Problem with k7 optimizations in 2.4.x?

2001-04-13 Thread Moses Mcknight
Hi, I don't know if this is a problem with my hardware setup or config settings or what, but whenever I try to run a 2.4.x kernel on my machine with k7 optimizations the computer will never fully boot and seems to give random errors about being "unable to handle kernel NULL pointer derefe

Re: Athlon runtime problems

2001-04-14 Thread Moses Mcknight
Alan Cox wrote: > Can the folks who are seeing crashes running athlon optimised kernels all mail > me > > - CPU model/stepping AMD Athlon Thunderbird 850Mhz Stepping - 2 > - Chipset VIA KT133A chipset, Iwill KK266 MB. According to a couple other people this problem may only occur on

Re: ATA 100 & VIA and linux-2.4.3ac8

2001-04-18 Thread Moses Mcknight
I don't know about other possible problems with the kernel, but you must use an 80 wire IDE cable for UDMA66/100 to work. > ---Primary IDE---Secondary IDE-- > Cable Type: 40w 40w - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsub

Re: DISCOVERED! Cause of Athlon/VIA KX133 Instability

2001-05-02 Thread Moses McKnight
Mark Hahn wrote: >> Actually, I think there are 2 problems that have been discussed -- the >>disk corruption and a general instability resulting in oops'es at >>various points shortly after boot up. >> > > I don't see this. specifically, there were scattered reports > of a via-ide problem a fe

2.4.4-ac6 compile error in plip.c

2001-05-10 Thread Moses McKnight
Hi, I get the following error trying to compile 2.4.4-ac6 using gcc 2.95.4 (debian package). plip.c:1412: __setup_str_plip_setup causes a section type conflict - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo