Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 09 May 2001 17:14:02 +1000 | From | Robert Cohen <> | Subject | Question: Status of VIA chipsets and 2.2 kernels |
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What with all the various problem reports flying around for via chipsets, Ive lost track of the state of play as regards via northbridges and south bridges. I am thinking of buying a machine with a via chipset and I wan't to know how stable it is likely to be with Linux. I would appreciate it if someone who know's whats going on can give a report on the state of play as regards to all the problems and their current status with 2.2 kernels (and 2.4 if their feeling energetic).
Possible machine are: a P3 machine with a ASUS CUV4X-E motherboard which uses the apollo pro 694X northbridge and a 686B southbridge.
An athlon machine with an ASUS A7V motherboard which uses a KT133 (VT8363) northbridge and a 686A southbridge.
An athlon machine with an ASUS A7V133 motherboard which uses a KT133A (VT8363A) northbridge and a 686B southbridge.
Problems Ive been hearing about include DMA disk transfers between channels. Some reports say these only occur with Western digital disks. The 2 athlon boards listed include an onboard promise IDE controller. So I should be OK if I use this for disks, right?
Any other problems I should know about?
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