Re: Kernel Panics on IDE Initialization

Kristopher Kersey (augustus@linuxhardware.org)
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:13:10 -0500 (EST)


Just wanted to let everyone know that the problem with the HighPoint
controller on the SOYO Dragon has been fixed with the latest 2.4.19 pre
patches.

Thanks,
Kris Kersey
augustus@linuxhardware.org

On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 08:56:59PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > I have word that it's the HighPoint controller's fault. I will verify
> > > this myself and let you know.
> >
> > Ok
>
> I have many reports the HPT RAID controllers cause kernels (RH 7.3
> install) to crash, unfortunately because the VIA IDE spits an unrelated
> warning message on many of the affected mainboards just before the HPT
> code crashes ...
>
> Well, this patch fixes two possible array overflows in the HPT code.
> There is quite likely a lot more of stuff to fix.
>
> --
> Vojtech Pavlik
> SuSE Labs
>

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