I have a MSI K7T Turbo motherboard with the VIA 686B Southbridge chip (KT-133A chipset). Is there a bug fix for Linux? If so how do I correct the problem. I'm currently using SuSE 7.0 but want to fix the problem before upgrading to 7.1. The Windows bug fix does not help Linux at all, I have already tried it. Windows works without any problems anymore but Linux is still messed up. Regards, Jay Quote "VIA has confirmed a data-damaging glitch in its 686B Southbridge chip - a major part of the Taiwanese company's KT-133A chipset - and is working with mobo makers to prepare BIOS updates to fix the problem. The southbridge part is used in the vast majority of AMD Athlon-oriented mobos, primarily the KT-133, but it can be used with northbridge parts from the Apollo Pro 133, KX-133A and AMD-76x chipsets too. VIA said it is investigating the problem to see how many chipsets are affected. VIA's BIOS fix works by adjusting a number of PCI settings, which, according to Tecchannel, suggests the problem is a result of competitive PCI access. "
On Monday 07 May 2001 10:33, jayhen wrote:
I have a MSI K7T Turbo motherboard with the VIA 686B Southbridge chip (KT-133A chipset). Is there a bug fix for Linux? If so how do I correct the problem. I'm currently using SuSE 7.0 but want to fix the problem before upgrading to 7.1.
What specific problem do you have? Terence
On Mon, 7 May 2001, jayhen wrote:
I have a MSI K7T Turbo motherboard with the VIA 686B Southbridge chip (KT-133A chipset). Is there a bug fix for Linux? If so how do I correct the problem. I'm currently using SuSE 7.0 but want to fix the problem before upgrading to 7.1.
Kernel 2.4.4 is supposed to fix this. I downloaded it from ftp.kernel.org, compiled and installed without too many problems. The kernel readme recommends upgrading gcc to 2.95.3 before compiling. Be sure to download and compile the latest moduils too. Now the following appears in boot.msg: <6>Applying VIA PCI latency patch. I didn't actually see any problems related to this bug, but we don't use IDE disks. I heard that it had something to do with filesystem corruption during very large file transfers. Did you actually see any problems? It would be nice to hear that the kernel upgrade actually fixed a repeatable symptom. Regards, Lew Wolfgang
My Tyan S2390 motherboard spec says that the board has a VIA KT-133 (not 133A chipset) and a VIA 686A (not 686B) hardware monitoring chip. I'd like to know if the VIA bug applies to this configuration also (and if the 2.4.4 kernel fixes it). Is there a web page I can go to for more information? Paul
On Mon, 07 May 2001 11:33:16 -0400
Paul Abrahams
My Tyan S2390 motherboard spec says that the board has a VIA KT-133 (not 133A chipset) and a VIA 686A (not 686B) hardware monitoring chip. I'd like to know if the VIA bug applies to this configuration also (and if the 2.4.4 kernel fixes it). Is there a web page I can go to for more information?
I've got a machine equipped with an MSI-6330 motherboard wich includes a
via686a and I never had any problems at all. The PCI latency patch of the
new 2.4.4 kernel is applyed on boot up and I don't see a reason why!
Regards...
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Jean-François Bocquet
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