Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 9 May 2001 08:00:14 -0700 (PDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: Question: Status of VIA chipsets and 2.2 kernels |
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Ugh why VIA? They have been a constant source of trouble for me on both linux and windows. I have my doubts about their ability to get a chipset right in the first place.
Some other possible Athlon boards: Asus A7M266 (AMD chipset) Asus A7A266 (ALI chipset)
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Robert Cohen wrote:
> 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? > > > -- > Robert Cohen > Unix Support > TLTSU > Australian National University > Ph: 612 58389 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
-- Gerhard Mack
gmack@innerfire.net
<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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