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, 20 Sep 2001 20:55:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:55:26 -0400 Received: from nobugconsulting.ro ([213.157.160.38]:25615 "EHLO nobugconsulting.ro") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 20:55:15 -0400 Message-ID: <3BAA9008.9837EA52@nobugconsulting.ro> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 03:55:36 +0300 From: lonely wolf X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.8-ac12 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.2(snapshot 20010817) (mail) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi there I've got a small problem. Just installed kernel-2.4.9-ac12 on 5 identical boxes. They all use Asus A7A266 motherboards, with Tbirds running at 1.2 GHz. A lspci gives: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]: Unknown device 1647 (rev 04) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5247 00:02.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) 00:04.0 IDE interface: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5229 IDE (rev c4) 00:06.0 USB Controller: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M5237 USB (rev 03) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 10) 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10) 00:11.0 Bridge: Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi] M7101 PMU 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Vanta [NV6] (rev 15) The problem: especially when copying from a disk to another one (I have cloned /dev/hda to /dev/hdc, testing both dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc and cp -a /dev/hdaN /devc/hdcN) a get _a_lot_ of messages like this one: probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard. probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration. Is it dangerous ? Any way to get rid of this phenomemon (maintaining the hardware...)? -- Manuel Wolfshant linux registered user #131416 network administrator NoBug Consulting Romania The degree of technical confidence is inversely proportional to the level of management.