Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:12:17 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Anthony Naggs <tony@ubik.demon.co.uk> Cc: Predius <predius@netzero.net>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need PCI/VIA chipset help (was Re: 4.4-STABLE crashes - suspects new ata-driver over wd-drivers) Message-ID: <200112272312.fBRNCHQ89916@apollo.backplane.com> References: <E16JauV-000Mgg-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk> <005101c18ee1$9b5d66e0$fa01a8c0@ABERRATION> <KiJZqcChY6K8Iwj1@ubik.demon.co.uk>
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:In article <005101c18ee1$9b5d66e0$fa01a8c0@ABERRATION>, Predius :<predius@netzero.net> writes :>There are a couple known issues going on with the VIA Chipset line (Some :>acknowledge by VIA partially, some not.) beyond just the 686B bug. :> :>Here's a couple sites with details. Myself, I think it's a BIOS writer's :>problem as well, but unfortunatly with most VIA boards, their goal is :>performance over stability, leaving people like us SOL. :> :>http://www.networking.tzo.com/net/software/ Tha faq on this site is great: http://www.networking.tzo.com/net/software/readme/faqvl019.htm This guy has obviously been playing with VIA chipsets for a long time. :>http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/813/1.html <- In german, bring your fish : :This story, about all VIA chipsets having poor throughput with :Ultra-ATA/133 controllers and other fast PCI adapters is available in :English: This is different. You can find an english version of this story at The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/23502.html :Cheers, : Tony (with a VIA 686A on my system board) My condolences! -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon@backplane.com> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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