Re: [PATCH] Re: Screen corruption in 2.4.18

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 16:48:20 +0000 (GMT)


> Here is a patch which should apply cleanly to everyone's tree, which
> only clears bit 7 on all chips except the KT266. No problems have been
> reported there, so I'm leaving well enough alone. Please apply.

No. Not until someone explains to me why VIA specifically told me I must
clear the 3 bits. If you get that wrong you get slow and insidious disk
corruption. Its hard to test and I'm not going to use other people's
hardware as target practice for a hunch.
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