Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Jul 2000 10:15:03 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: IDE problem (VIA82C586, kernel 2.2 and 2.4) |
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You have to use my patch with 2.2 or a 2.4.0x kernel. Then you are required to set EXPERIMENTAL CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX CONFIG_VIA_TUNING
Cheers,
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Anthony Barbachan wrote:
> ??? Where do you turn this on? I enable support for the VIA chipsets > through make menuconfig in the 2.2.x kernels but never noticed a VIA_TUNING > option. Is the the same thing? Currently I would assume so as hdparm > appears to work for me. Also the help page for the VIA support should > probably be updated to speak about the idebus parameter. I didn't know I > had to use it myself until I saw you mention it on this list recently. > Until then I assumed the eventual failure of optimizations done through > hdparm were due to buggy VIA chipsets, FIC/shuttle motherboards, or the > still mark experimental Linux driver. By the way for some reason on the FIC > PAG-2130 the idebus parameter was unnecessary for the proper operation of > the various optimizations done through hdparm. > > Can the idebus paramter just default to 33 now? Other than overclockers > virtually nobody is really getting systems that diviate from a 33 Mhz bus > nowadays. > > > > > But you never stated if you turned on the VIA_TUNING. > > > > You may not do the hdparm line with out it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Andre Hedrick > > The Linux ATA/IDE guy > > > >
Andre Hedrick The Linux ATA/IDE guy
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