Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: Data-corruption bug in VIA chipsets | From | Doug McNaught <> | Date | 13 Apr 2001 09:29:59 -0400 |
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Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> 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 annoys me is that we've known about the problem for _ages_. If you look > the 2.4 kernel has experimental workarounds for this problem. VIA never once > even returned an email to say 'we are looking into this'. Instead people sat > there flashing multiple BIOS images and seeing what made the difference.
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?
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