[2.4.3ac11] clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard

Andreas Hartmann (andihartmann@freenet.de)
Sun, 22 Apr 2001 15:38:06 +0200


Hallo all,

I found some posts in this list to the problem mentioned in the subject and
want to tell about my experiences. Maybe it can help to detect the problem.

I got a lot of messages while continuous writing / reading datas from one a
harddisk to another harddisk (both at 1. ide-channel) during backup with
rsync. Both harddisks use udma4. The data-stream was between 0,5 MB/s and
20MB/s.
I never got these messages before and after the backup finished I couldn't
see them anymore.

Apr 22 10:41:38 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 10:41:38 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 10:44:29 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 10:44:29 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 10:44:34 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 10:44:34 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 10:44:43 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 10:44:43 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:08:23 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:08:23 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:11:51 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:11:51 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:13:30 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:13:30 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:17:38 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:17:38 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:17:39 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:17:39 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:17:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:17:41 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:17:46 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:17:46 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:18:39 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:18:39 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:18:44 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:18:44 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:20:33 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:20:33 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:20:38 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:20:38 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:20:56 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:20:56 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:21:20 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:21:20 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:21:25 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:21:25 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:21:28 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:21:28 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:21:33 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:21:33 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:21:39 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:21:39 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:35:07 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:35:07 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:38:03 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:38:03 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:38:32 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:38:32 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:38:52 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:38:52 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.
Apr 22 11:44:40 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: clock timer
configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.
Apr 22 11:44:40 athlon kernel: probable hardware bug: restoring chip
configuration.

I have a EP7KXA-Board with VIA-KX133-chipset.

cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8371 [KX133] (rev 2).
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd6000000 [0xd7ffffff].
Bus 0, device 1, function 0:
PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8371 [KX133 AGP] (rev 0).
Master Capable. No bursts. Min Gnt=12.
Bus 0, device 7, function 0:
ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 34).
Bus 0, device 7, function 1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 16).
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd00f].
Bus 0, device 7, function 2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 16).
IRQ 9.
Master Capable. Latency=32.
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd41f].
Bus 0, device 7, function 4:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 48).
IRQ 9.
Bus 0, device 7, function 5:
Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio Controller
(rev 32).
IRQ 5.
I/O at 0xdc00 [0xdcff].
I/O at 0xe000 [0xe003].
I/O at 0xe400 [0xe403].
Bus 0, device 8, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 10/100
Ethernet (rev 2).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=52.Max Lat=11.
I/O at 0xe800 [0xe8ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd9000000 [0xd9000fff].
Bus 0, device 9, function 0:
Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139 (rev 16).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
I/O at 0xec00 [0xecff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd9001000 [0xd90010ff].
Bus 1, device 0, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF (rev 0).
IRQ 10.
Master Capable. Latency=32. Min Gnt=8.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd3ffffff].
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc0ff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd5000000 [0xd5003fff]

Regards,
Andreas Hartmann

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