Linux 2.4.3-ac9
Alan,
This does not seem to fix the problem with "clock timer", which repeatedly prints the following message:
probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard. probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.
The machine does not get any further than printing the above message. This message only appears with an SMP kernel, there are no ide devices in the machine.
a generic 2.4.3 kernel works on the machine.
Thanks.
Quoted 5 lines · Alan Cox
VIA users should test this kernel carefully. It has what are supposed to be
the right fixes for the VIA hardware bugs. Obviously the right fixes are not
as tested as the deduced ones.
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Quoted 11 lines · Jason Thomas
Alan,
This does not seem to fix the problem with "clock timer", which repeatedly prints the following message:
probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard. probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.
The machine does not get any further than printing the above message. This message only appears with an SMP kernel, there are no ide devices in the machine.
I've seen this on my Dell P3 700 machine several times. Seems to happen at odd intervals after I use my CD burner, but that just might be coincidental. But I'd like to point out that I've never seen this on my VIA686a itself. The P3 machine is UP too, not SMP. I saw this ever since I switched the machine to 2.4.2-ac8 and beyond (previously 2.2.18).
-Byron
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This particular motherboard is an ASUS CUV4X-DLS, the chipset is a VIA694XDP, the IDE chipset however is a VIA686b.
I've seen this in all the kernels I've tried with the "ac" patches.
Any kernel I've tried that are NOT SMP work fine.
Quoted 13 lines · Byron Stanoszek
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This does not seem to fix the problem with "clock timer", which repeatedly prints the following message:
probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard. probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.
I've seen this on my Dell P3 700 machine several times. Seems to happen at odd intervals after I use my CD burner, but that just might be coincidental. But I'd like to point out that I've never seen this on my VIA686a itself. The P3 machine is UP too, not SMP. I saw this ever since I switched the machine to 2.4.2-ac8 and beyond (previously 2.2.18).
-Byron
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Jason Thomas Phone: +61 2 6257 7111 System Administrator - UID 0 Fax: +61 2 6257 7311 tSA Consulting Group Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0418 29 66 81 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.topic.com.au/
Quoted 2 lines · Byron Stanoszek
I've seen this on my Dell P3 700 machine several times. Seems to happen at odd intervals after I use my CD burner, but that just might be coincidental. But
I have seen this related to the cd burner as well. it's not a via board here, but is SMP.
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intervals after I use my CD burner, but that just might be coincidental. But I'd like to point out that I've never seen this on my VIA686a itself. The P3 machine is UP too, not SMP. I saw this ever since I switched the machine to 2.4.2-ac8 and beyond (previously 2.2.18).
At the moment the test is too sensitive - its harmless when it triggers in error. Im still playing with it.