Various 2.1.6X problems

James Lewis Nance (jlnance@sailboat.acs.uncwil.edu)
Sat, 1 Nov 1997 22:36:31 -0500


Hello All,
I have found several problems with 2.1.60 and 2.1.61 which I think
I should report. I have not done much testing of the 2.1.5X kernels,
so I can not say for sure when these problems appeared.
The machine I am using is built around a Cyrix 6x86 P166 processor.
It has IDE disks. I can be more specific if anyone wants more details.
The machine runs well with all the 2.0.X kernels I have tried, and I
am currently running it with 2.0.31. Here are the problems I am
having with 2.1.6X kernels:

1) The command "/sbin/hdparm -u 1 -d 1 -c 1 /dev/hdc" fails to put the
drive into dma mode for 2.1.6X kernels, but it works find with 2.0.X
kernels.

2) When I apply Mike Jagdis'es 2.1.39 Cyrix patch, the cpu type as
reported by uname is iE86 instead of i586.

3) If I don't apply the Cyrix patch mentioned above, the kernel fails
to boot. It complains that my processor does not honor the WP bit
and that I should recompile for a 386. I don't have any problems
booting 2.0.X kernels w/o the Cyrix patches, and /proc/cpuinfo shows
that the wp bit works.

If anyone wants any more information, please let me know.

Thanks,

Jim

PS: Here is my .config file

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