2002-12-18 23:20:15

by Matthew D. Pitts

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Subject: Via KT400

Has anyone on the list used a motherboard that uses the Via KT400 AGPset? I
just purchased a Gigabyte GA-7VAX that has it.

Matthew D. Pitts


2002-12-19 00:04:40

by Tupshin Harper

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Subject: Re: Via KT400

Matthew D. Pitts wrote:

>Has anyone on the list used a motherboard that uses the Via KT400 AGPset? I
>just purchased a Gigabyte GA-7VAX that has it.
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I'm using exactly that motherboard with no problems. There was an issue
with DMA not being enabled on the IDE controller, but at the time, using
kernel 2.4.19-rc2-ac3 fixed it. I'm not sure if this fix went into
2.4.20 or if you still need an ac kernel.

-Tupshin

2002-12-19 05:10:17

by Courtney Grimland

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Subject: Re: Via KT400

I have the 7VAXP. I only had problems with AGP and sound, and using
2.4.20-ac2 absolutely everything on this board works (finally -
sound!). AGP worked in 2.4.20-ac1 as well as 2.4.21-pre1. I think
the the IDE issue was resolved in 2.4.20.

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:12:55 -0800
Tupshin Harper <[email protected]> wrote:

> Matthew D. Pitts wrote:
>
> >Has anyone on the list used a motherboard that uses the Via KT400
> >AGPset? I just purchased a Gigabyte GA-7VAX that has it.
> >
> >Matthew D. Pitts
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> I'm using exactly that motherboard with no problems. There was an
> issue with DMA not being enabled on the IDE controller, but at the
> time, using kernel 2.4.19-rc2-ac3 fixed it. I'm not sure if this
> fix went into 2.4.20 or if you still need an ac kernel.
>
> -Tupshin
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2002-12-19 10:34:36

by Dave Jones

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Subject: Re: Via KT400

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 06:33:20PM -0500, Matthew D. Pitts wrote:
> Has anyone on the list used a motherboard that uses the Via KT400 AGPset? I
> just purchased a Gigabyte GA-7VAX that has it.

See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14

Dave

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2002-12-19 10:35:59

by Dave Jones

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Subject: Re: Via KT400

On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:26:53PM -0600, Courtney Grimland wrote:
> I have the 7VAXP. I only had problems with AGP and sound, and using
> 2.4.20-ac2 absolutely everything on this board works (finally -
> sound!). AGP worked in 2.4.20-ac1 as well as 2.4.21-pre1. I think
> the the IDE issue was resolved in 2.4.20.

The AGP only works if the chipset is in 2.0 compatability mode.
Luckily some BIOSen out there seem to do that if a 2.0 card is present.
If you have an AGP 3.0 card in there you're shit out of luck right now.
I'm working on it..

Dave

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2002-12-19 15:01:57

by BoehmeSilvio

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Subject: Re: Via KT400

Hi Dave,

just to inform you:
I have requested the KT400 agp specs from VIA.
I'll receive the docs in 1-2 days.
As far as i have the docs, I can help you with on the VIA AGP 3 issue.

My state:
- found a 2.4.20-rc? patch for the Intel 7505 with agp 3 support.
- copied via_generic_setup to via_kt400_setup and modified it to
agp3
- waiting for the via specs

By

Silvio



-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Dave Jones [mailto:[email protected]]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Dezember 2002 11:43
An: Courtney Grimland
Cc: Tupshin Harper; [email protected]
Betreff: Re: Via KT400


On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:26:53PM -0600, Courtney Grimland wrote:
> I have the 7VAXP. I only had problems with AGP and sound, and using
> 2.4.20-ac2 absolutely everything on this board works (finally -
> sound!). AGP worked in 2.4.20-ac1 as well as 2.4.21-pre1. I think
> the the IDE issue was resolved in 2.4.20.

The AGP only works if the chipset is in 2.0 compatability mode.
Luckily some BIOSen out there seem to do that if a 2.0 card is present.
If you have an AGP 3.0 card in there you're shit out of luck right now.
I'm working on it..

Dave

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| SuSE Labs