From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 08:59:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 08:59:20 -0400 Received: from twilight.ucw.cz ([195.39.74.230]:50823 "EHLO twilight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 29 May 2002 08:59:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 14:58:57 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Neale Banks Cc: Vojtech Pavlik , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: odd timer bug, similar to VIA 686a symptoms Message-ID: <20020529145857.A9813@ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020529140515.A8522@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 11:40:40PM +1000, Neale Banks wrote: > On Wed, 29 May 2002, Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > [...] > > On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 01:46:27PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > [...] > > > Neptune chipsets at least had latching bugs on timer reads. What chipset > > > is the laptop ? > > > > This is unlikely to be the latching bug - note the values are near to > > 65535 - that means the timer is reprogrammed to count from 0xffff down > > instead from LATCH. That is because of the suspend I presume. What's > > weird is that the VIA fix doesn't program it to the correct value, or > > perhaps is that missing from the patch? > > Yes, my version of your patch includes an option to disable the via686a > fix (and this was in effect at the time - I'm still cringing in fear from > nasty FS corruption that ensued after a "probable hardware bug: restoring > chip configuration" message last October :-( - yes it may be unlikely > that it's related, but I don't yet have any other suspects. FWIW, the > machine also locked up then). It shouldn't be able to do anything like that ... > Any suggestions smarter than backing up everything "important" and running > the battery down with the VIA fix enabled? Nope. ;) -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs