civileme wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> civileme wrote: >> >>>> the mobo is an msi k7t266 pro2-ru (ms-6380 v2.x) with a via vt8366a >>>> (522bga) and a via vt8233 (376 bga) chipsets >>>> amd athlon xp 1700+ >>> >>> >> >>> I don't know what your TV card is but the chipset on your Mobo has a >>> broken clock which can cause a host of problems with a real >>> multitasking OS. >>> >>> Civileme >> >> >> >> Civileme, >> do you know what is the status of the work-around attempts for the >> clock bug in the newer versions of the kernel? Since I have this >> particular VIA chipset (like a large number of other mandrake users), >> I'm very interested in hearing any news about any progress or lack >> thereof... >> >> Thanks, >> >> Narfi. >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to >> http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > Wish I did have that info--it is on the ALi Magic Chipsets as well as > the KT266A. I believe the expert archives do have a workarouns for the > BT848, but filesystem corruption is another symptom and these boards are > currently useless for some journaling filesystems... but seem to work OK > with ext2. > > Civileme > > Can you please elaborate a little bit? ... you said something interesting that I haven't heard before... I know that filesystem corruption can occur if one overloads the PCI bus [because of the timer bug], and that one way to overload the PCI bus is with a TV card. However, I haven't heard anything about different behaviour of different filesystems w.r.t. corruption. In particular, I switched to ext3 myself since I was willing to trade speed for some security against crashes. Was I misled in my thinking there? Have you perhaps run experiments with these chipsets in your lab?
Narfi. ps. I've been trying to follow the discussions on the lkml about the clock bug, it pops up sporadically, there are patches floating around, but I haven't seen any concrete data about their effectiveness. I'm still hoping the situation will improve before 9.0, but I'm not holding my breath :-)
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