Re: VIA VT6103 support (VIA EPIA PD)

From: Chris Howells (howells_at_kde.org)
Date: 09/24/05

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Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:05:17 +0100

    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. 

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