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    SubjectRe: VIA acknowledges North Bridge bug (AKA Linux Kernel with Athlon optimizations bug)

    So does this mean we will be seeing a patch that clears bits 6,7, and 8 in
    register 55 on the northbridge soon?

    -Calin

    On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Troels Walsted Hansen wrote:

    > Remember the pci_fixup_via_athlon_bug() (AKA "Athlon bug stomper")
    > function which went into kernel 2.4.14 after much discussion?
    >
    > Apparently the mysterious register 55 in the Northbridge controls a
    > buggy Memory Write Queue timer. They finally acknowledged the problem
    > when Nvidia drivers and Windows XP started pushing the hardware enough
    > to trigger the bug...
    >
    > http://bbs.pcstats.com/viahardware/messageview.cfm?catid=19&threadid=863
    > 8
    >
    >

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