Re: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

[David D.W. Downey]

LOL, I'm in Sunnyvale, CA right now. I work for Ensim.Com.

OK, here is all the technical info on my box. Sorry it took so long to
respond. Had a department meeting to attend.

MSI 694D Pro running Dual FC-PGA PIII-733 CPUs with 1GB of Corsair RAM.

HDD is a Western Digital WDC300BB-00AU1 ATA100 drive (running it on the
VIA controlled ATA33/66 controller since the kernel doesn't support the
ATA100 very well.)

Chipsets are the VIA VT82C686A and the Promise PDC20265

NIC is a NetGear FA-310TX

Advansys UW SCSI Card

Yamaha CRW8424S CDRW

Voodoo3 2000 AGP 16MB AGP video card.

APM/ACPI turned OFF in BIOS, NOT using the ATA100 controller

Symptoms: Consistantly recurring kernel deaths resulting in hard lock of
box.

 
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Andre Hedrick wrote:

> 
> Where the flip are you form this power starved portion of the world?
> Also the subject is AMD and VIA chipsets not AMD CPU's running on VIA
> chipsets.
> 
> What chipset or host is causing you the problem?
> 
> VIA pr Promise?
> 
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, David D.W. Downey wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > OK, I see you guys releasing patches for the AMD + VIA problem, but this
> > problem is NOT just limited to the AMD problem. I'm using Intel PIII-733s
> > and the VIA VT82C686A chipset. No AMD CPUs in ANY of my VIA boxes. When
> > are we going to see something for the MSI boards?
> > 
> > My board in particular is the MSI 694D Pro using the VIA VT82C686A chipset
> > and the Promise PDC20265 ATA100 onbard controller.
> > 
> > I need some sort of help with this. I'm getting kernel deaths left and
> > right and no hope in sight here.
> > 
> > I though it might possibly be a mix of SCSI + IDE causing troubles so I
> > borrowed a 18GB SCSI drive from a buddy and attached it to my Advansys
> > SCSI card (not sure of the make offhand. I can find the box when I get
> > home as I'm at work right now.)
> > 
> > I would code up a fix if I knew what the hell I was doing when it came to
> > coding which I do NOT.
> > 
> > Vojtech, can you please work with me on this issue? Or if you are too
> > busy, can you put me in contact with someone who can help? I've got a
> > $3000 machine sitting here that I can not do a damn thing with until I
> > stop these blasted kernel deaths! (Yeah I'm pissed, but at the situation
> > not at the kernel or anyone involved with the VIA stuff. Please don't take
> > it that way.)
> > 
> > David Downey
> > 
> > 
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> 
> Andre Hedrick
> Linux ATA Development
>