Re: Are we going too fast?

PinkFreud
2001-08-14T00:05:18Z

On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, PinkFreud wrote:

> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 17:44:57 -0400 (EDT)
> From: PinkFreud <pf-kernel@mirkwood.net>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: Are we going too fast?
>
> > VIA has some chipset bugs, Matrox G400 cards seem to abuse the PCI spec for
> > benchmarketing dirties.
> >
> > (All chipsets have bugs in truth, its just how they appear and if they
> > affect users. As of 2.4.8 the VIA ones should be in the users not affected
> > camp)
>
> I'll give 2.4.8 a try on the SMP box, and let you know the outcome.

The unthinkable has happened - it locked up again. Same problem. No
keyboard, no mouse, no display, no network. It was as far gone as
possible.

This even happens after the BIOS flash - the first few times I switched
consoles, it actually survived. After that, it locked up again.

Mike Edwards

Brainbench certified Master Linux Administrator
http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=158188
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