Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:17:56 +0200 | From | Martin Tessun <> | Subject | Re: [Sligtly Off-Topic] Status of Linux running on Athlon based boards? |
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Hi,
> Since my trustworthy, old computer (which is also part/time > server for a little network that I have) is starting to have > problems, I think that I'll buy another in the near future. > > Evaluating some of the alternatives, I see that an Athlon > based system would be a good purchase. I did a little research > and it seems that the best motherboards for such beasts would > be the Asus K7V and the Abit KA7-100. These boards use the VIA > KX133 chipset and feature UDMA/100 controllers, which > according to André's site, Linux now supports.
I have also running an Abit KA7 (not -100, because my system is somewhat older ;) ). I experienced no problems so far.
A few bits about my System:
worf:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 2 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping : 1 cpu MHz : 750.050957 cache size : 512 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmxext mmx fxsr 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 1494.22
worf:~ # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0391 (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 8391 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 0686 (rev 22) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 10) 00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10) 00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10) 00:07.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3057 (rev 30) 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc.: Unknown device 9102 (rev 10) 00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! (rev 07) 00:0d.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Daughterboard (rev 07) 00:11.0 SCSI storage controller: Symbios Logic Inc. (formerly NCR) 53c895 (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Nvidia Corporation: Unknown device 0100 (rev 10) worf:~ # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 713593 XT-PIC timer 1: 4522 XT-PIC keyboard 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 2561 XT-PIC EMU10K1 8: 2 XT-PIC rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC acpi 10: 35470 XT-PIC eth0 11: 63807 XT-PIC sym53c8xx 12: 39508 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse 13: 1 XT-PIC fpu NMI: 0 ERR: 0 worf:~ # uname -a Linux worf 2.4.0-test6 #11 Sun Aug 13 22:43:59 CEST 2000 i686 unknown worf:~ #
I hope this is enough. No problems so far. The system runs very stable under Linux, although it has some Problems under Windows (mainly concerned to the soundcard and DirectX).
HTH Martin
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