Subject: Re: MSI Motherboard with VIA Bridges
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Jack Morgan <yojack@jcom.home.ne.jp>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/13/2002 18:24:22
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 07:55:17AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >
> > http://www.msicomputer.com/product/detail_spec/MS6378L_2a.htm
> >
> > which features VIA bridge chips, namely the VIA KLE133 VT8361A chipset
> > (North-Bridge 510 BGA) and the VIA 686B chipset (South-Bridge 352 BGA).
> >
> > Does anyone have this motherboard operating reliably at present? (with
> > NetBSD 1.5.2) If so, are there any limitations or gotchas?
> 
> it is possible that this particular thing will work stable with you type
> of load. but in general avoid VIA based products as much as possible.

Why is that? My MSI KT7 Turbo2 VIA KT133A (VT8363A/VT82C686B) is running 
well under 1.5.3_ALPHA. I haven't got around to getting the AC97 Audio
working but shouldn't be a problem as it was working under Linux. 

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