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 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.chrishowells.co.uk, PGP ID: 0x33795A2C KDE/Qt/C++/PHP Developer: http://www.kde.org
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