I don't know if this is of any interest or importance, but I've noticed
that the proc/pci stats on my machine get corrupted after I run xfree on
Linux 2.0.30. This didn't happen under 2.0.29. I haven't experienced any
other instabilities, although my machine is used mostly as a WWW server,
and is rarely stressed. The computer is a HP Vectra XU 5/1xx. I did have
another odd problem, which dissapeared after a patch, which shouldn't have
had anything to do with it, but when I did a shutdown, the computer would
fail the self test, claiming a bad processor among other things. Had to
reset to clear the errors.
The before and after proc/pci
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. Trio32/Trio64 (rev 84).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10.
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xa0000000.
Bus 0, device 5, function 0:
IDE interface: CMD 640 (buggy) (rev 2).
Fast devsel. IRQ 14.
Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
SCSI storage controller: AMD 53C974 (rev 2).
Medium devsel. IRQ 10. Master Capable. No bursts.
I/O at 0xff00.
Bus 0, device 3, function 0:
Ethernet controller: AMD 79C970 (rev 2).
Medium devsel. IRQ 9. Master Capable. No bursts.
I/O at 0xffe0.
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
Non-VGA device: Intel 82375EB (rev 5).
Medium devsel. Master Capable. Latency=248.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Host bridge: Intel 82434LX Mercury/Neptune (rev 17).
Slow devsel. Master Capable. Latency=240.
After running X
PCI devices found:
Bus 0, device 15, function 0:
Unknown class: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 255).
Vendor id=ffff. Device id=ffff.
Fast back-to-back capable. BIST capable. IRQ 10.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
Bus 0, device 5, function 0:
Unknown class: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 255).
Vendor id=ffff. Device id=ffff.
Fast back-to-back capable. BIST capable. IRQ 14.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
Bus 0, device 4, function 0:
Unknown class: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 255).
Vendor id=ffff. Device id=ffff.
Fast back-to-back capable. BIST capable. IRQ 10. Master Capable.
Latency=255. Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
Bus 0, device 3, function 0:
Unknown class: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 255).
Vendor id=ffff. Device id=ffff.
Fast back-to-back capable. BIST capable. IRQ 9. Master Capable.
Latency=255. Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
Bus 0, device 2, function 0:
Unknown class: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 255).
Vendor id=ffff. Device id=ffff.
Fast back-to-back capable. BIST capable. Master Capable.
Latency=255. Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
Bus 0, device 0, function 0:
Unknown class: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 255).
Vendor id=ffff. Device id=ffff.
Fast back-to-back capable. BIST capable. Master Capable.
Latency=255. Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
I/O at 0xfffffffc.
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