Re: PCI/IDE Controller Problems

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From: Paul English
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 00:00

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Gary Whitten (whitteng%/etc/HOSTNAME) wrote:
: I have just found out that there appears to be big problems with some
: PCI/IDE controllers on, mostly, Intel motherboards. In particular, the
: CMD640 or RZ1000. The problem occurs when communications are attempted
: between devices on different IDE controllers. Small transfers are OK,
: but large trasnfers eventually hang the sytem, requiring a
: reboot. Very nasty. The Linux fix is to insert

: 	hd*=serialize
: at the LILO prompt. It seems to work.

: To avoid this problem in future systems, can anyone recommend a way to
: make sure a new motherboard will NOT have these problems?

: 	Thanks for your time,
: 		Gary Whitten
: 		whitteng@acoast.com

Or you could get one of the newer 1.3 series (mine is 1.3.75) with the bug
fix for both the above chipsets.

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From: tallpaul@palantir.res.wpi.edu (Paul English)
Subject: Re: PCI/IDE Controller Problems
Date: 1996/04/23
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