Re: [preview] Latest AMD & VIA IDE drivers with UDMA100 support

[David D.W. Downey]

OK, I see you guys releasing patches for the AMD + VIA problem, but this
problem is NOT just limited to the AMD problem. I'm using Intel PIII-733s
and the VIA VT82C686A chipset. No AMD CPUs in ANY of my VIA boxes. When
are we going to see something for the MSI boards?

My board in particular is the MSI 694D Pro using the VIA VT82C686A chipset
and the Promise PDC20265 ATA100 onbard controller.

I need some sort of help with this. I'm getting kernel deaths left and
right and no hope in sight here.

I though it might possibly be a mix of SCSI + IDE causing troubles so I
borrowed a 18GB SCSI drive from a buddy and attached it to my Advansys
SCSI card (not sure of the make offhand. I can find the box when I get
home as I'm at work right now.)

I would code up a fix if I knew what the hell I was doing when it came to
coding which I do NOT.

Vojtech, can you please work with me on this issue? Or if you are too
busy, can you put me in contact with someone who can help? I've got a
$3000 machine sitting here that I can not do a damn thing with until I
stop these blasted kernel deaths! (Yeah I'm pissed, but at the situation
not at the kernel or anyone involved with the VIA stuff. Please don't take
it that way.)

David Downey