Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 03:19:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 03:19:25 -0500 Received: from kerberos.suse.cz ([195.47.106.10]:16147 "EHLO kerberos.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 03:19:14 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:17:06 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: John Heil Cc: George Garvey , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.2ac12 (vt82c686 info) Message-ID: <20010308091706.B799@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <20010307201437.A5030@suse.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from kerndev@sc-software.com on Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 01:23:49PM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 01:23:49PM +0000, John Heil wrote: > > Also, the vt82c686 will work just fine with Linux, but will be limited > > to UDMA33, because UDMA66 on this chip does reliably fail. > > Based on following the lkml threads on Via chipsets, it seems that > the 686a at or above rev 22, will run UDMA66 just fine. > Below that, lies the flakiness... > My Tyan based 686a rev 22 has been trouble free save a bad cable. 686 rev 00-0f => 686, UDMA33 (UDMA66 broken, chip very rare) 686 rev 10-2f => 686a, UDMA66 686 rev 40 => 686b, UDMA100 > I just acquired a new 1.1G athlon on an asus a7v133. It has a 686b. > What should I expect w the 686b? and is the Via 686b data sheet > available somewhere? Make sure you use the latest 2.4.2-acxx drivers. Most other versions of my drivers have little bugs in the 686b support. Harmless but somewhat annoying. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/