From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Oct 28 12: 2:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from Mail6.nc.rr.com (fe6.southeast.rr.com [24.93.67.53]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA25637B409; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 12:02:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from stealth.cary.dummynet ([66.26.231.240]) by Mail6.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.687.68); Sun, 28 Oct 2001 15:02:10 -0500 Received: (from rhh@localhost) by stealth.cary.dummynet (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f9SK20e02409; Sun, 28 Oct 2001 15:02:00 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from aa8vb@nc.rr.com) X-Authentication-Warning: stealth.cary.dummynet: rhh set sender to aa8vb@nc.rr.com using -f Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 15:02:00 -0500 From: Randall Hopper To: multimedia@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Subject: "VIA '686b southbridge fix applied" & -stable Message-ID: <20011028150159.A2276@nc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I found this in the archives: http://groups.google.com/groups?th=4a63e650c2dd8fc5 Oct 11 11:55:53 ws-ilmar /boot/kernel/kernel: atapci0: VIA '686b \ southbridge fix applied A couple questions: 1) Is this in checked into -stable? 2) What does the fix do? 3) Would it be safe to put a Soundblaster Live in a FreeBSD box with a VIA 686B southbridge with (or w/o) this fix? BTW, I own an ASUS A7M266 motherboard which has the VIA southbridge. I'm contemplating a new soundcard and considering my options. Thanks, Randall -- Randall Hopper aa8vb@nc.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message