Re: kernel 2.4.20 dma problem

To: Tom Allison <tallison@tacocat.net>
Cc: Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: kernel 2.4.20 dma problem
From: "Jaldhar H. Vyas" <jaldhar@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:53:41 -0500 (EST)
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Tom Allison wrote:

>
> Yes, I think it is.  See below
> Does that mean I'm in trouble?

For me (I have a slightly different motherboard but the same VT82C686
South bridge) it meant massive data corruption until I switched off DMA.

However the 2.4.21pre6 changelog contains the following:

Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>:
  ...
 * correct handling of VIA PCI and of IDE legacy irq

Which looks pretty promising.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar@debian.org>
La Salle Debain - http://www.braincells.com/debian/

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