Re: Stomping on Athlon bug

[Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>]

VDA wrote:
> 
> Hi. Below is a modified printout of lspci -vvvxxx
> made on VIA KT133A based mainboard with BIOS version 3R flashed in
> (this system is exhibiting Athlon bug) and on the same system
> with BIOS version YH (which do not trigger bug).
> Each chipset config register which is changed between these two BIOSes
> is underlined with carets "^" with programming details immediately below.
> Each register is then commented with:
> *** 3R BIOS: settings made by 3R BIOS
> *** YH BIOS: settings made by YH BIOS
> *** TODO: is this relevant and what to do
> 
> Anyone interested in trying to pin down the bug might
> try to reprogram this chipset along the lines:
>     ...
>     struct pci_dev *dev;
>     dev = pci_find_device(PCI_VENDOR_ID_VIA, 0x0305, NULL);
>     if(dev) {
>         printk("Trying to stomp on Athlon bug...\n");
>         u8 v;
>         pci_read_config_byte(dev, 0x52, &v);
>         /* set 52.7: Disconnect Enable When STPGNT Detected */
>         v |= 0x80;
>         pci_write_config_byte(dev, 0x52, v);
>         ...
>     }
>     ...
> I'm not sure where exactly this piece of code should go.
> Anyway, compile K7 optimized kernel with this fix
> and give it a try.

Interesting; This is exactly the bit that the athlon cool thingy that
popped up
here a while ago changed; everybody agreed that it was WAAAAY too
dangerous
back then, because PSU's and voltage regulators wouldn't be able to
cope......