From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 9 May 2001 03:14:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 9 May 2001 03:14:34 -0400 Received: from coorong.anu.edu.au ([150.203.141.5]:55940 "EHLO coorong.anu.edu.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 9 May 2001 03:14:20 -0400 Message-ID: <3AF8EE3A.21932E5D@tltsu.anu.edu.au> Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 17:14:02 +1000 From: Robert Cohen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.8 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Question: Status of VIA chipsets and 2.2 kernels Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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