Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)
> Abit KT7A, kernel oops right after boot... :( Can be solved to turning off > 'Enhance Chip Performance' in the BIOS, but then our chip performance is > un'Enhance'd, and we can't have that! So back to the K6 kernel. And praying it doesnt go wrong on you - has it not occurred to you that the extremely high throughput copies that the mmx copy we use causes will occasionally happen by chance and get you anyway ? Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)
David Monniaux wrote: >I replaced this mobo+Duron with an ASUS A7V133+Athlon, which >work perfectly well. >Athlon-optimized kernel, UDMA100, no problem whatsoever. > Which is odd, because that's exactly my combination (ASUS A7V133 + Athlon), and I get crashes with DMA on anything from 2.4.3-ac7 onwards, but up to 2.4.3-ac6 is rock-steady. (my crash test is "bonnie -s 1024" :-)) I wonder what's different between our machines (apart from distro, which I wouldn't expect to be relevant)? Clock speed? We tried downclocking my Athlon to 1.0 GHz but it made no difference. I've been tinkering (have no kernel programming experience) with selectively forward-porting the 2.4.3-ac6 code to newer kernels for my own use at least, but haven't got it right yet. -- Rachel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)
On Thursday 14 June 2001 12:44 pm, David Monniaux wrote: > So we have two kinds of problems: > - *certain* 686B motherboards crash if used with an Athlon kernel > (and it does not depend on the compiler options, rather on hand-made > Athlon optimizations) Abit KT7A, kernel oops right after boot... :( Can be solved to turning off 'Enhance Chip Performance' in the BIOS, but then our chip performance is un'Enhance'd, and we can't have that! So back to the K6 kernel. -- Cory 'G' Watson Dad are you vicariously living through me in the hope that my accomplishments will validate your mediocre life and in some way compensate for all the opportunities you botched ? -- Calvin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)
On Thursday 14 June 2001 12:44 pm, David Monniaux wrote: So we have two kinds of problems: - *certain* 686B motherboards crash if used with an Athlon kernel (and it does not depend on the compiler options, rather on hand-made Athlon optimizations) Abit KT7A, kernel oops right after boot... :( Can be solved to turning off 'Enhance Chip Performance' in the BIOS, but then our chip performance is un'Enhance'd, and we can't have that! So back to the K6 kernel. -- Cory 'G' Watson Dad are you vicariously living through me in the hope that my accomplishments will validate your mediocre life and in some way compensate for all the opportunities you botched ? -- Calvin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)
David Monniaux wrote: I replaced this mobo+Duron with an ASUS A7V133+Athlon, which work perfectly well. Athlon-optimized kernel, UDMA100, no problem whatsoever. Which is odd, because that's exactly my combination (ASUS A7V133 + Athlon), and I get crashes with DMA on anything from 2.4.3-ac7 onwards, but up to 2.4.3-ac6 is rock-steady. (my crash test is bonnie -s 1024 :-)) I wonder what's different between our machines (apart from distro, which I wouldn't expect to be relevant)? Clock speed? We tried downclocking my Athlon to 1.0 GHz but it made no difference. I've been tinkering (have no kernel programming experience) with selectively forward-porting the 2.4.3-ac6 code to newer kernels for my own use at least, but haven't got it right yet. -- Rachel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)
Abit KT7A, kernel oops right after boot... :( Can be solved to turning off 'Enhance Chip Performance' in the BIOS, but then our chip performance is un'Enhance'd, and we can't have that! So back to the K6 kernel. And praying it doesnt go wrong on you - has it not occurred to you that the extremely high throughput copies that the mmx copy we use causes will occasionally happen by chance and get you anyway ? Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
