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From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org>
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Subject: Re: aic7860 on mainboard
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> I am attempting to use linux 2.0.x on a machine with an IWill P55tv
> mainboard with aic7860 integrated.  I have heard rumors that this
> mainboard will never work.  could someone confirm or deny this for me?  If
> anyone has made this board work, please let me know so that I can collect
> info needed to roubleshoot.

It should work, especially after Linux 2.0.31 (or with the 2.0.31-pre3
patch applied to 2.0.30 - see ftp.kernel.org in pub/linux/kernel/testing)
is released.

Dan Eischen
deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org