Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Persistent sound hangs (2.0.0 - 2.2.0pre4 tested) | Date | Tue, 5 Jan 1999 01:33:43 +0000 (GMT) |
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> Hmmm... what would be the proper part of the kernel to detect buggy ISA > chipsets? isa-quirks.c or something? Certainly not pci.c ...
I dont know a safe way to detect such chipsets unfortunately. PCI chipsets you can check when you scan the pci bus, isa/vlb dont have that.
> Just bugged VIA tech support again... anyone care to bet on the odds of me > ever receiving a reply?
About 99%
> But if there is a DMA hang bug... *any* ISA device using DMA might hang, > right? Even SCSI cards and such?
It only seems to trip up on certain patterns of DMA and devices - nobody has reported floppy problems for example but lots of people have sound problems
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