Re: Related VIA PCI crazyness?

2001-01-08 Thread Evan Thompson
till need something, just ask) procpci -> output of cat /proc/pci Does this help? (Like my signature? It updates itself with the current Linux kernel version I have installed. It's quite clever, just a 44 line Perl script that tries to squeese a uname -a into that...) -- +--

Re: Related VIA PCI crazyness?

2001-01-07 Thread Evan Thompson
, I'll do that for you (I have a policy of not recompiling the same kernel twice...I'm just odd that way. Everybody needs a way to be odd, and this is mine. Odd is good). I like helping people. Kernels are fun! -- +------+---+ |

Re: Linux 2.4.0-ac3 (check again)

2001-01-06 Thread Evan Thompson
Check again, Alan...seems as though you've forgotten to change it so that is reads -ac3 (or my download messed up, but that can't happen) instead of -ac2. Just FYI. ;-) -- +--+---+ | Eva

The advantage of modules?

2001-01-05 Thread Evan Thompson
ry if I'm being slightly off topic... Kernels are fun! I wish I could learn more! -- +--+-------+ | Evan Thompson|POWERED BY:| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Linux cd168990-a 2.4.0-ac2

Re: Linux 2.4.0-ac2

2001-01-05 Thread Evan Thompson
Hmm...seems as though Alan released 2.4.0-ac2 1 year ago (check out the time stamps on ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/2.4/) -- +--+---+ | Evan Thompson|POWERED BY:| | [EMAIL

Can I submit a bug report on this mailing list?

2001-01-04 Thread Evan Thompson
t are important and that should be sent due to their high importancy." -- +--+-------+ | Evan Thompson|POWERED BY:| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Linux cd168990-a 2.4.0-prerelease |

Re: Additional info. for PCI VIA IDE crazyness. Please read.

2001-01-02 Thread Evan Thompson
Oh, and adding that option DID fix the lost interrupt problems (ide1=0x170,0x376,15), so yeah, that fix fixed it. Thanks for your help. Maybe it should become a config option to enable that (CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MESSED_UP_VIA_CHIPSET_FIX). -- | Evan Thompson| ICQ:2233067

Re: Additional info. for PCI VIA IDE crazyness. Please read.

2001-01-02 Thread Evan Thompson
up with your pirq table. That corrupted slot 4 entry > still makes me go "Hmm..". I've attached the output I got from doing cat /proc/pci from 2.4.0-prerelease. Because of a subtle configuration difference between the two, there is a few I/O differences and output differences (bec

Re: Additional info. for PCI VIA IDE crazyness. Please read.

2001-01-02 Thread Evan Thompson
ld throw this thing out of the window, go outside in this minus 40 weather and jump on it until it turns into a nice fine powder, then go and buy a new computer from VA or something. Then I'd have someone to complain to if it didn't work. (I built my last one)). Thanks, -- | Evan Thomp

Additional info. for PCI VIA IDE crazyness. Please read.

2001-01-01 Thread Evan Thompson
ven enough information, don't hesitate to ask for more. I'd like some reply to this situation because it just seems odd for this to happen. Like I said eariler, if I knew what to do, I'd be happy to submit a patch, but I'm still learning C, so I'm not capable to do that yet

STILL having problems with IDE timeouts (2.4.0-prerelease)

2000-12-31 Thread Evan Thompson
ave to CC me replies anymore.) -- | Evan Thompson| ICQ:2233067 | | Freelance Computer Nerd | AIM:Evaner517 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Yahoo!: evanat| | http://evaner.penguinpowered.com | MSN:evaner517 | - To unsubscribe from this list: send t

Re: VIA IDE controller strangeness (2.4.0-test12/test13-pre5)

2000-12-30 Thread Evan Thompson
--(CC replies please)-- On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 06:34:14PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote: > Could you report the chip set type and revision? Quote the corresponding > parts from the "lspci -v" output, please. I've been using PC Chips main > boards with VIA chip sets without IDE difficulties ever s

(REPOST-sorry) PCI VIA IDE Strangeness w/2.4.0-test12/test13-pre5

2000-12-29 Thread Evan Thompson
REPOST: People have asked me to repost this message because their e-mail clients don't wrap lines. I'd like to know which ones don't, but this isn't the list for that kind of question, unless it is, which then means I'm posting to the wrong list to start with and then I wouldn't have to repost.

VIA IDE controller strangeness (2.4.0-test12/test13-pre5)

2000-12-29 Thread Evan Thompson
---(CC answer please)--- I'm having a strange problem with my IDE controller. I believe (and that's what Windows and the m/b manufaturer -- PC Chips -- say) that I have a VIA PCI BusMaster IDE controller, and I've had some strange history with it. I've asked many people before on various hel