Alan Cox wrote:
> > 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?
>
> I have received exactly zero reports of 2.2 problems, and as the 2.2
> maintainer I would have expected more (I delete 2.2 + ide-patch
> reports). My suspicion is the problem requires UDMA to occur, or to
> occur with any probability.
Are you talking about IDE DMA problems on any VIA boards, or the Tyan in
particular? I've sent several reports of sudden system death on a VIA
motherboard, that were confirmed by a few other people. It's still
present in 2.2: Mandrake 7's installer froze, twice, until I added
"ide=nodma" (or whatever the option is). Note, this is _without_ UDMA:
the board is not capable of UDMA.
-- Jamie
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