Re: mozilla+XFree86+Linux-2.1.x => HARD LOCKUP (addition)

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:22:14 +0000 (GMT)

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> Sheesh, before you all get wierd........what is the complaint against
> IDE-VIA. There is a pile of new additions to the chipset to program/setup
> the fifo size and assignments to both hwifs...........

Some DMA stuff (including ISA sound cards) locks up on some VIA chips.
More annoying still it appears that some of the bioses fix whatever
the chipset error is so there is a cure.

Alan

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