Subject: Re: Problems with HDs and VIA Chipsets
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/12/2001 15:59:50
On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 07:05:29PM +0200, wojtek@3miasto.net wrote:
> > lead to data loss or corruption or even to system crashes (windows 
> > oriented sites). It seems like additional DMA traffic can enhance the 
> > problem, soundblaster cards are known to very problematic.
> > 
> > It looks like deactivating "PCI Delay Transaction" and "PCI Master 
> > Read Caching" and setting "PCI Latency" to a value of 0 to 32 will 
> > eliminate the problem also, at the cost of some performance.
> 
> this is hardware problem of VIA chip i think. with linux you need to do
> the same.

If so, I strongly suspect that deactivating *just* "PCI Master Read Caching"
will fix the problem.

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Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com
    And now he couldn't remember when this passion had flown, leaving him so
  foolish and bewildered and astray: can any man?
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