From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 12:20:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 12:19:59 -0400 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:2323 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 28 May 2001 12:19:50 -0400 Subject: Re: Status of ALi MAGiK 1 support in 2.4.? To: Axel.Thimm@physik.fu-berlin.de (Axel Thimm) Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 17:17:06 +0100 (BST) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010528175712.B18955@pua.nirvana> from "Axel Thimm" at May 28, 2001 05:57:12 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > So it seems that only AMD and ALi are left with Socket A chipsets (SiS 735 is > yet to come). And the ALi MAGiK 1 has a good feature/cost ratio and is being > reported as very stable (although perhaps not very fast). > > So having been burned in the recent past with VIAs KT133A/686B and Linux, I > hope that I can get an ALi MAGiK 1 board and rest in peace ... It would be interesting to know how well the ALi stuff behaves. They've certainly been helpful in the Linux world, indeed they did the ALi parts of the trident sound driver themselves, including full 5.1 audio out and also chunks of the alim15x3 (IDE) driver Alan