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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>

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