You are talking about VIA chipset, right? I've got numerous projects running Linux and Asterisk on top with VIA based motherboards. The CPU is usually Celeron/P3 600-1000. Before installing them we run burn test for 10 days (100 simultaneous tar instances creating an archive with compression to /dev/null) with running Asterisk. Never had a single problem with them.
It is kinda hard to believe in your story taking into consideration the fact that a lot of embedded professional single board computers (5.25, 3.5 and some ITX, see, for example http://www.icpamerica.com/products/single_board_computers/5_25_NOVA/default. html ) use VIA chipsets and officially support Linux. Dmitry Lebedev -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nik Middleton Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:20 PM To: 'Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash' Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] VIA EPIA board It really does seem to depend on the age of the board. As far as I can tell it's Southbridge related. Some, like yourself have never had a problem, sadly the majority have. The one quote the seems to stand out is 'never EVER use VIA with Linux'. For me, I've tried numerous combos, like ASUS, Shuttle etc, the common theme is the Via Chipset. Your mileage may vary of course Regards -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Grant Sent: 09 May 2006 23:05 To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] VIA EPIA board I have a VIA EPIA and it has never stopped. I think it is the MII but can't remember now. It came with an onboard CF reader/ Cardbus slot. I removed it as it was socketed and turned off all unused ports in the bios. I then use an IDE to CF adaptor for booting it. Works a treat. On 9/5/06 22:50, "Nik Middleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Been there, done that, if you can, send it back. > > Thing will lockup quite frequently. There's a 4 year! Thread about > this card with Linux. > > Seems it's DMA related. (see link > http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=60131&ST > ARTPAG > E=20&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear) > > Having said that, I'd be really interested if you can get it to work. > Skip to end of thread before you get bored. Game over seems to be > prevalent with this hardware, which is a real shame, as on the face of > it , it showed real promise > > Regards _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
