Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:05:17 +0100 From: Chris Howells <howells@kde.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA VT6103 support (VIA EPIA PD) Message-ID: <200509241605.26998.howells@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <200509221040.j8MAep8Q063279@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200509221040.j8MAep8Q063279@lurza.secnetix.de>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thursday 22 September 2005 11:40, Oliver Fromme wrote: > I know that both are supposed to be supported by FreeBSD. > However, searching the lists and PR database reveals that > a few people had problems with the VT6103 (and VT6102, it > seems), causing the interface to hang randomly when there > is a lot of traffic. I couldn't find any definite infor- > mation about whether those problems have been solved or > not. There is a BIOS bug on various Via boards that causes a lockup when large amounts of DMA transfers happen, either via the ethernet interfaces or via IDE. It look a very long time for Via to admit that it happens and to start attempting to issue a fix. The fix is a BIOS which is clearly marked as Beta. Personally I'd steer clear of such Via boards. -- Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org Web: http://www.chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 0x33795A2C KDE/Qt/C++/PHP Developer: http://www.kde.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDNWs2F8Iu1zN5WiwRAopdAKCKMMFNpQ26HVlyJhmkpF81rsu9IACfSa4u RKQmEdi32F1NO1KFcwufCw8= =xATo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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