VIA VT6103 support (VIA EPIA PD)

[Chris Howells]

On Thursday 22 September 2005 11:40, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> I know that both are supposed to be supported by FreeBSD.
> However, searching the lists and PR database reveals that
> a few people had problems with the VT6103 (and VT6102, it
> seems), causing the interface to hang randomly when there
> is a lot of traffic.  I couldn't find any definite infor-
> mation about whether those problems have been solved or
> not.

There is a BIOS bug on various Via boards that causes a lockup when large 
amounts of DMA transfers happen, either via the ethernet interfaces or via 
IDE.

It look a very long time for Via to admit that it happens and to start 
attempting to issue a fix.

The fix is a BIOS which is clearly marked as Beta.

Personally I'd steer clear of such Via boards.

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