Re: [newbie] Is Beta8.0 and Via chipset still bad?

[Tuan tran]

The problem still there!
I installed MD 8.0 beta 3. There are alot of fixed at
this time. It run very much better than beta 2.
However, I still receive "(?)" at VIA KT133. (I'm am
using PIII 866 MHz with 256 MB RAM)
--- Terrence Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I aploogize if this is documented, but I haven't
 been able to find
 it... are the new betas, beta3 and such, ok to use
 with the Via KT133
 chipset? I remember Beta1 and KT133 was bad news,
 but I can't find whether
 or not it has been fixed. Thanks 
 Terrence
 
 


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[newbie] Is Beta8.0 and Via chipset still bad?

[Terrence Wong]

I aploogize if this is documented, but I haven't been able to find
it... are the new betas, beta3 and such, ok to use with the Via KT133
chipset? I remember Beta1 and KT133 was bad news, but I can't find whether
or not it has been fixed. Thanks 
Terrence

Re: [newbie] Is Beta8.0 and Via chipset still bad?

[Civileme]

On Saturday 14 April 2001 17:21, you wrote:
 I aploogize if this is documented, but I haven't been able to find
 it... are the new betas, beta3 and such, ok to use with the Via KT133
 chipset? I remember Beta1 and KT133 was bad news, but I can't find whether
 or not it has been fixed. Thanks
 Terrence

The beta 1 and VIA AND large WD drives were a problem

Now it turns out that there is another bug--affecting cross-channel data 
transfers of large amounts of data under DMA--a hardware race condition for 
those using the 686B Southbridge chip which goes in the KT133 KT133A and 
Apollo Pro chipsets.  It is a HARDWARE bug which I understand VIA is now 
working on by helping mainboard manufacturers issue new BIOS versions to set 
up the PCI-IDE differently.  The defense is to cripple the kernel at install 
time when a VIA chipset is seen.

BTW, this bug while subtle ALSO corrupts data freely on Windows systems under 
the given circumstances, and that race condition may also occur 
intermittently (not reproducibly) in other two-channel DMA roles.

See www.theregister.com April 13th edition for story and links to the actual 
tests.

Civileme