From: Steven Walter <srwalter@yahoo.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: Screen corruption in 2.4.18
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 12:03:37 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020324180337.GA925@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020324155930.GA20926@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> <E16pBAL-0006f2-00@the-village.bc.nu>
On Sun, Mar 24, 2002 at 04:48:20PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Here is a patch which should apply cleanly to everyone's tree, which
> > only clears bit 7 on all chips except the KT266. No problems have been
> > reported there, so I'm leaving well enough alone. Please apply.
>
> No. Not until someone explains to me why VIA specifically told me I must
> clear the 3 bits. If you get that wrong you get slow and insidious disk
> corruption. Its hard to test and I'm not going to use other people's
> hardware as target practice for a hunch.
I've contacted someone at VIA about it, but have yet to hear back.
You'll be the first to know when I do.
--
-Steven
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
-- George Orwell
He's alive. He's alive! Oh, that fellow at RadioShack said I was mad!
Well, who's mad now?
-- Montgomery C. Burns
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-03-24 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-03-19 21:12 Screen corruption in 2.4.18 Danijel Schiavuzzi
2002-03-20 0:03 ` Steven Walter
[not found] ` <200203201506.QAA13795@jagor.srce.hr>
[not found] ` <20020320172516.GA14024@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org>
[not found] ` <200203211209.NAA11121@jagor.srce.hr>
2002-03-21 17:22 ` Steven Walter
[not found] ` <200203222204.XAA01121@jagor.srce.hr>
2002-03-22 23:23 ` Steven Walter
[not found] ` <200203231526.QAA09302@jagor.srce.hr>
2002-03-23 16:06 ` Steven Walter
[not found] ` <200203231741.SAA00071@jagor.srce.hr>
2002-03-23 18:26 ` VIA technical contact [was Screen corruption in 2.4.18] Steven Walter
2002-03-24 7:05 ` Screen corruption in 2.4.18 Andre Pang
2002-03-24 7:16 ` [PATCH] " Steven Walter
[not found] ` <200203241231.g2OCV5X18426@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua>
2002-03-24 15:59 ` Steven Walter
2002-03-24 16:48 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-24 18:03 ` Steven Walter [this message]
2002-03-25 2:01 ` Andre Pang
2002-03-24 15:07 ` Danijel Schiavuzzi
2002-03-24 16:51 ` Alan Cox
2002-03-24 17:13 ` Danijel Schiavuzzi
2002-03-25 1:43 ` Andre Pang
2002-03-25 2:40 ` Steven Walter
2002-03-25 3:00 ` Andre Pang
2002-03-25 8:50 ` Marc Wilson
2002-03-25 17:07 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
2002-03-25 21:02 ` Steven Walter
2002-03-25 21:19 ` Marc Wilson
2002-03-29 2:06 ` Andre Pang
2002-03-29 3:16 ` Marc Wilson
2002-03-25 1:55 ` Andre Pang
2002-03-25 19:52 ` Danijel Schiavuzzi
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