Lost timer configuration

From: Shane Wegner (shane@cm.nu)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2001 - 19:13:28 EDT

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    Hi,

    As this doesn't seem to do anything, I'm not too concerned.
    However, I'm getting messages like these in my kernlog
    quite regularly.

    Apr 7 15:20:31 continuum kernel: probable hardware bug:
    clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a.
    Apr 7 15:20:31 continuum kernel: probable hardware bug:
    restoring chip configuration.
    Apr 7 15:24:20 continuum kernel: probable hardware bug:
    clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a.
    Apr 7 15:24:20 continuum kernel: probable hardware bug:
    restoring chip configuration.
    Apr 7 15:31:18 continuum kernel: probable hardware bug:
    clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a.
    Apr 7 15:31:18 continuum kernel: probable hardware bug:
    restoring chip configuration.
    Apr 7 15:40:15 continuum kernel: probable hardware bug:
    clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a.
    Apr 7 15:40:15 continuum kernel: probable hardware bug:
    restoring chip configuration.

    Actually it's a via 686B I believe. It's an Abit vp6 dual
    PIII board flashed to the latest bios revision from Abit.
    The odd thing is that it only occurs when copying files
    from my cd-rom drive to harddisk. The destination harddisk
    is SCSI and the cd-rom is on its own IDE channel. It does
    not occur otherwise.

    Just out of curiosity, if this was a hardware bug, wouldn't
    they have fixed it with the 686B chipset?

    Regards,
    Shane

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