The story so far: KT7-RAID (probably KT7 too) has problems with the
via686a, leading at times to data corruption.
I tried a few setting with little improvement.
I now run 2.4.5-ac1. I moved my RAID to the HPT370. Some performance
was lost but I saw no error on it yet.
The root disk is the only disk on IDE0. Nevertheless I still get
these errors when hammering hda:
probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a
VIA686a motherboard.
probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration.
Is this problem unrelated to the DMA time-outs?
Can someone indicate if this message indicates a soft error was
corrected
or does it mean data was actually corrupted?
Some recent BIOS fixes seem to simply turn off UDMA on IDE1 (the second
cable). Since Linux does not use the BIOS I guess it should be possible
to set up my system to not use UDMA modes of IDE1. Anyone knows how
to do this?
And a general IDE query, Andre, did you manage to get any more info on
the via problem? I am game to try anything while this system is tested
prior to commissioning.
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