Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)

2001-06-14 Thread Alan Cox
> 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

Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)

2001-06-14 Thread Rachel Greenham
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

Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)

2001-06-14 Thread Cory Watson
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

more on VIA 686B (trials)

2001-06-14 Thread David Monniaux
Due to a catastrophic fan short-circuit, I was forced to exchange my 686A-based motherboard for a 686B. Bad idea! The 686A MB (MSI-6330 aka K7T-Pro) worked perfectly well: no crashes, UDMA 66. It accepted Athlon-optimized kernels. The 686B MB (K7T-Lite) crashed if used with DMA (any kind -

more on VIA 686B (trials)

2001-06-14 Thread David Monniaux
Due to a catastrophic fan short-circuit, I was forced to exchange my 686A-based motherboard for a 686B. Bad idea! The 686A MB (MSI-6330 aka K7T-Pro) worked perfectly well: no crashes, UDMA 66. It accepted Athlon-optimized kernels. The 686B MB (K7T-Lite) crashed if used with DMA (any kind -

Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)

2001-06-14 Thread Cory Watson
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

Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)

2001-06-14 Thread Rachel Greenham
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

Re: more on VIA 686B (trials)

2001-06-14 Thread Alan Cox
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