Re: VIA Chipsets and Linux

On Thu, 23 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am considering purchasing a motherboard using one of the > VIA chipsets (VP1, VPX, VP2) instead of a TX-based motherboard. > Does anybody know of any compatability issues, such as IDE drivers, > etc..? I'm considering the Rhino-12+ from Octek (Oce

Re: VIA Chipsets and Linux

I am running a VP2 with a Cyrix 200 CPU. It does IDE busmastering beautifully under 2.1.59. I got this 5 months ago and sent information regarding the PCI Ids of the Mobo to the PCI maintainer. Now all kernels recognize the VIA hardware very well. 2.0.X does not support Busmastering IDE transfers a

VIA Chipsets and Linux

I am considering purchasing a motherboard using one of the VIA chipsets (VP1, VPX, VP2) instead of a TX-based motherboard. Does anybody know of any compatability issues, such as IDE drivers, etc..? I'm considering the Rhino-12+ from Octek (Ocean) or a FIC PA-2007. The Rhino uses the VPX chipset