[lug] USB 2.0 and other HW issues

[Timothy C. Klein]

* Ferdinand Schmid (fschmid at archenergy.com) wrote:
> --On Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:17:25 AM -0700 "Timothy C. Klein"
> <teece at silverklein.net> wrote:
> 
> >> Via 8x (SIS 8x) ...  Not properly supported under Linux yet.
> > 
> > I hadn't heard this.  What kind of troubles?
> 
> Unstable system...  The IDE controllers (not RAID controllers) don't
> switch into DMA mode...  
> 
> I don't remember as what the chipset is identyfied.  I can check on
> this though.  A while back I noticed that the VIA 333 chipset was
> identified as a VIA 266 chipset.  It mostly ran fine but didn't feel
> perfectly stable.  Running Intel chipsets may be a better choice - but
> 
> those of us who need lots of fast X87 instructions like the AMDs.
> > 
> >> Are we back to the days when you had to hand pick components to make
> >> them work under Linux or am I missing something (somewhat likely)?
> > 

Hah!  I guess I may have dodged a bullet without knowing it.  I was
thinking about buying a new Via 333 or 400 chipset motherboard, when my
USB subsystem died.  But that requires new RAM, and I am poor, so I
opted for the cheaper USB PCI card. 

Tim
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