Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Questions about the CMD640 and RZ1000 bugfix support options | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:19:19 +0000 |
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On Iau, 2005-01-06 at 23:10, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote: > What about the following idea? > Both stay enabled by default but the help text explains exactly (as > far as possible) which systems are affected. > This would help newbies like me to decide if those bugfixes are > necessary or not.
Its the ideal solution. The diff for this is available on your computer already - its kept in /dev/null 8)
The PC-Technologies RZ1000 IDE chip is used on many common 486 and Pentium motherboards, usually along with the "Neptune" chipset. Unfortunately, it has a rather nasty design flaw that can cause severe data corruption under many conditions. Say Y here to include code which automatically detects and corrects the problem under Linux. This may slow disk throughput by a few percent, but at least things will operate 100% reliably.
The CMD-Technologies CMD640 IDE chip is used on many common 486 and Pentium motherboards, usually in combination with a "Neptune" or "SiS" chipset. Unfortunately, it has a number of rather nasty design flaws that can cause severe data corruption under many common conditions. Say Y here to include code which tries to automatically detect and correct the problems under Linux. This option also enables access to the secondary IDE ports in some CMD640 based systems.
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