[Linux-Discussion] Re: VIA bug not the kernel's fault!
- From: John Madden <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: linux-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 13:08:01 -0500
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/18267.html
> >
> > There's been a lot of filesystem corruption going on lately with VIA
> > chipsets, and it was assumed to be a problem with the VIA IDE kernel
> > driver. Turns out it's a VIA problem involving DMA or something.
> > Lovely...
>
> In the meanwhile, it should be enough to disable DMA transfers on the
> devices (but they shouldn't be enabled by default).
Any ideas on the signs of corruption? I've got the VIA VT82C686, and I
haven't noticed any problems yet...
John
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