Re: [PATCH] Timer bug fix ported to 2.4.20

[Robert Wruck]

> > I recently upgraded from 2.2.19 to 2.4.20 and noted that the via timer
> > bugfix has disappeared.
> > 
> > I'm not sure if this is a VIA problem, because it happens on my PIII
> > i440BX-based board, Gigabyte GA-6BXE, which does not seem to have any
> > chips made by VIA. (82443BX, 32371EB PIIX4, ITE 8671 SuperIO)
> 
> Different people have reported this check triggered on various hardware
> which doesn't have VIA686-anything.  In my case on both an old AcerNote
> and a Toshiba-1800.
> 

OK, it seems in my case it's triggered by the initialization of the X
"s3virge" driver (for my s3 virge/dx pci card).
It doesn't occur when using "vga" nor when switching ttys.
Starting X with s3virge seems to be the only way to trigger it on my
system.

i'm not very familiar with those problems, i only know that resetting the
timer keeps my system clock from going mad.

robert