Re: IDE/SMP Bug [was: Linux-2.1.98..]
Adam D. Bradley (artdodge@cs.bu.edu)
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:16:05 -0400 (EDT)
> On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 11:30:18PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > I just released a fairly small patch to 97 to bring it up to 98.
> [...]
> > Anyway, 2.1.98 _should_ fix:
> > - the IDE/SCSI lockups. The irq enable/disable code was broken, and could
> > do some really bad things. This tended to lock up the machine if you
> > accessed your IDE disks heavily, or in particular if you had a mixture
> > of IDE and SCSI and used them at the same time. Tell me if you still
> > have problems - I'm sure there are still bugs left, and I want to hear
> > about them.
>
>
> Unfortunatly there are still some SMP/IDE[1] related bugs in 2.1.98. I still
> got read errors on the IDE disks[2] and a corupted filesystem after some
> heavy disk activities (make -j in /usr/src/linux). But it dosn't look
> the whole system like 2.1.8x-2.1.97.
>
> [1] I have a GigaByte-Dual Pentium Board. If someone want's more
> information, pleas ask via email.
If this is a GA586DX, then welcome to the club. IDE (under heavy
load) has been unreliable since 2.1.85 (When IO-APIC went in full
force). Write to Gigabyte's tech support
(www.giga-byte.com/feedback.html), give them as much detail as is
appropriate (which errors are displayed leading up to
failure/curruption, other installed hardware, clock rates, etc) and
ask them if they've familiar with the problem.
Adam
--
You crucify all honesty \\Adam D. Bradley artdodge@cs.bu.edu
No signs you see do you believe \\Boston University Computer Science
And all your words just twist and turn\\ Grad Student and Linux Hacker
Reviving just to crash and burn \\ <><
---------> Why can't you listen as love screams everywhere? <--------
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu