Re[2]: Filesystem Corruption (ext2) on Tyan S2462, 2xAMD1900MP, 2.4.17SMP

[Nerijus Baliunas]

On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:53:59 +0000 (GMT) Alan Cox <[e-mail]> wrote:

> > I am in their lab trying to reproduce the error and I have found some docs
> > which could help address the error of the 4byte FIFO issue in the engine.
> > It looks fixable on paper.
> 
> Andre - if you want the info I have from the previous stuff I was involved
> in I can strip out customer company info and send it on.
> 
> > As for the AMD driver, who knows which version is in that kernel.
> 
> 2.4.18 has a very old one
> 2.4.18-ac has the Andre/AMD updated one, but not the further updates.
>                 (eg it turns off SWDMA on more chipsets than it needs to)

Is AMD driver somehow related to ServerWorks OSB4?

BTW, it seems I have the same problem with Compaq ProLiant ML330, which has OSB4,
and Seagate ST320011A drives. Is turning off UDMA enough?

Regards,
Nerijus