> 
> Since it seems that the PVR-500 alone may be to blame for your
> spontaneous reboots, I have an idea that I *hope* can fix your problem.
> Use setpci to disable SERR reporting on the primary interface by the
> PVR-500's bridge device, by clearing a bit in the primary command
> register.
> 
> # setpci -s 00:0c.0 COMMAND       <---- read the command reg
> 0107
> # setpci -s 00:0c.0 COMMAND=0007  <---- write back with P_SERR disabled
> # setpci -s 00:0c.0 COMMAND       <---- read back to see flag cleared
> 0007
> 
> Now the Hint Corp Bridge (now called a PLX PCI6254 (HB6), I think)
> shouldn't report SERR's on the primary interface.  Hopefully that will
> keep the VIA chips (or Linux?) from causing a spontaneous reboot.

Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately it didn't stop the reboot
from happening.

regards,

jp


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