Re: Athlon MB

[Damacus <damacus@bastion.yi.org>]

Ah.  What you heard is close to correct.  The Linux drivers are pretty damned
fast, but the chipset is plagued with DMA issues and crappy code.

I'd be cautious about getting a board with it again.

*looks at his Soyo 6Ba+IV and sighs.*

On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:42:45PM -0000, Benjamin Story wrote:
> I'm avoiding it because I remember reading somewhere that it wasn't Linux
> friendly.
> 
> Ben
> Damacus <damacus@bastion.yi.org> said:
> 
> > 
> > Regarding the HighPoint controller, are you avoiding it because of previous
> > experience or just because you've not heard of it?
> > 
> > If you have had experince with it, what issues did you have?
> > 
> > Dam
> > 
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 02:30:09PM -0000, Benjamin Story wrote:
> > > Last night my MB got fried by a power surge so I'm in the market for a new
> > > board.  I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for an Athlon board that
> > > plays well with Linux.  My hardware guru recommends the Abit KT-7, but I'm
> > > leery of the fact that it has a high point UDMA controller on it.  I'm hoping
> > > to simply plug in my current Mandrake 8 installed hard drive.
> > > 
> > > TIA,
> > > 
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