Re: Question: Status of VIA chipsets and 2.2 kernels
Robert Cohen (robert@coorong.anu.edu.au)
Thu, 10 May 2001 12:40:06 +1000
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?
--
Robert Cohen
Unix Support
TLTSU
Australian National University
Ph: 612 58389
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