VIA VT6103 support (VIA EPIA PD)

[Oliver Fromme]

Mark J. Sommer <msommer at argotsoft.com> wrote:
 > Friend found a post regarding this.  Says there is an update to the BIOS
 > too.  Please check out:
 > 
 > http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=60131

Thanks, I've read through the complete thread (more than
300 messages).  It seems that the lock-ups people have been
experiencing were caused by several issues, most of which
are only Linux-specific (bugs in the longhaul driver and
in the itvt driver, and problems caused by using optimized
686-code).  I don't expect any of those problems to appear
under FreeBSD.  It's also worth noting that there are _no_
FreeBSD PRs at all which mention such problems with EPIA
boards.  The only problem I've been readong about was the
VT6102/6103 issue, and that's why I wrote the initial
message in this thread.

(BTW, some people also reported that their problems were
caused by improperly grounded hardware.)

 > If anyone has this working properly with FreeBSD, I'd appreciate knowing.  I
 > hear the Ethernet on these are not great performers.

I'll report as soon as I got my PD board and performed some
testing.

Best regards
   Oliver

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