Re: Question: Status of VIA chipsets and 2.2 kernels

[Robert Cohen <robert@coorong.anu.edu.au>]

Mark Hahn wrote:
> 
> >  a P3 machine with a ASUS CUV4X-E motherboard which uses the apollo pro
> > 694X northbridge and a 686B southbridge.
> 
> I haven't seen any reports of problem with this; it's the duals that need
> the noapic workaround at the moment.
> 
> > An athlon machine with an ASUS A7V motherboard which uses a KT133
> > (VT8363) northbridge and a 686A southbridge.
> 
> works fine.  my main workstation is a gigabyte version of this,
> and has never had any problems (and delivers great performance).
> 
> > An athlon machine with an ASUS A7V133 motherboard which uses a KT133A
> > (VT8363A) northbridge and a 686B southbridge.
> 
> this is the one that has some kind of issue, for which there are several
> workarounds.  it's not entirely clear whether the workarounds make sense/etc.

I was worried that the P3 machine with the Apollo pro chipset is using
the 686B southbridge and might
share the DMA problems. Anyone know if this is a problem?

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Robert Cohen
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