Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2001 02:04:39 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> The problem: especially when copying from a disk to another one (I have > cloned /dev/hda to /dev/hdc, testing both dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdc and > cp -a /dev/hdaN /devc/hdcN) a get _a_lot_ of messages like this one: > > probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a > VIA686a motherboard. > probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration. > > Is it dangerous ? Any way to get rid of this phenomemon (maintaining the > hardware...)?
Its harmless. When we detect this we restore the state of the chip correctly. If anything I should kill the printk but I'd still like to figure the precise errata issue out - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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