Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 12:56:54 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: Donald Nash <D.Nash@utexas.edu> Cc: FREEBSD-HARDWARE@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and VIA chipsets Message-ID: <200109271956.MAA19986@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:49:25 CDT." <114232891.1001591365@bubba.ots.utexas.edu>
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Donald Nash <D.Nash@utexas.edu> wrote:
> I really don't expect
> it to be a problem since ASUS is a recommended motherboard manufacturer for
> FreeBSD systems and they use VIA chipsets, but I'd really like to have an
> informed opinion before we buy these things.
I don't know about the particular motherboard you're looking at,
but VIA KT133/KT133A w/686B chipset motherboards can supposedly have
issues with IDE data corruption (among other things), and, as far as I
know, FreeBSD has no fixes for this (unlike Linux, I think).
[ If anyone knows of FreeBSD fixes, I'd like to hear about them. ]
Supposedly, the problem can be fixed in the BIOS, but I've only
heard this as a rumor. You might want to verify that whatever you buy
has the bug fixed.
For some general (non-FreeBSD) information on the bug, check out:
http://www.viahardware.com/686b_1.shtm
http://www2.au-ja.de/review-kt133a-1-en.html
You can also do a google groups search for "via chipset ide corruption".
> I attempted to sign on to this list yesterday, but my subscription had to
> go to the moderator (I used an address different from my normal return
> address), and he hasn't responded yet. We're a little short on time, so I
> can't afford to sit on this question any longer. So if you have an answer,
> please respond to me directly rather than just to the list.
[ I normally do not reply by email, but this is definitely a good reason
for doing so. ]
--
Darryl Okahata
darrylo@soco.agilent.com
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