From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 06:35:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 06:35:03 -0400 Received: from femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.81]:49643 "EHLO femail1.sdc1.sfba.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 3 May 2001 06:34:48 -0400 Message-ID: <3AF13442.BC84900B@home.com> Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 03:34:42 -0700 From: Seth Goldberg X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.4 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Moses McKnight CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: DISCOVERED! Cause of Athlon/VIA KX133 Instability In-Reply-To: <3AEFB8BE.5050007@surfbest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Thanks moses -- this is the instability that I have as well. I tried compiling on 1/2 of the k7 optimized mmx routines. So far, running with JUST the fast_clear_page using k7 streaming (and not fast_copy_page), the system is still stable. I'll try adding fast_copy _page, but I think that's where our problems lie (of course I could be full of crap, too). --S Moses McKnight wrote: > > Mark Hahn wrote: > > >> Actually, I think there are 2 problems that have been discussed -- the > >>disk corruption and a general instability resulting in oops'es at > >>various points shortly after boot up. > >> > > > > I don't see this. specifically, there were scattered reports > > of a via-ide problem a few months ago; this is the issue that's > > gotten some press, and for which Alan has a fix. and there are reports > > of via-smp problems at boot (which go away with noapic). I see no reports > > of the kind of general instability you're talking about. and all the > > via-users I've heard of have no such stability problems - > > me included (kt133/duron). > > > > the only general issue is that kx133 systems seem to be difficult > > to configure for stability. ugly things like tweaking Vio. > > there's no implication that has anything to do with Linux, though. > > When I reported my problem a couple weeks back another fellow > said he and several others on the list had the same problem, > and as far as I can tell it is *only* with the IWILL boards. > When I compiled with k7 optimizations I'd get all kinds of oopses > and panics and never fully boot. They were different every time. > When any of the lesser optimizations are used I have no problems. > My memory is one 256MB Corsair PC150 dimm, CPU is a Thunderbird 850, > and mobo is an IWILL KK266 (KT133A). The CPU runs between 35°C > and 40°C. > > >> My memory system jas been set up very conservitavely and has been > >>rock solid in my other board (ka7), so I doubt it's that, but I > >>sure am happy to try a few more cominations of bios settings. Anything > >>I should look for in particular? > >> > > > > how many dimms do you have? interleave settings? Vio jumper? > > already checked on cooling issues? and that you're not overclocking... > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/