Subj : Via drivers
To   : ANGUS MCLEOD
From : OMAR HASHIM
Date : Wed Jul 20 2005 06:04 am

->  > ->  > What Distributions support the via chipset properly? 
->  >  
->  > -> What type of support do you mean? 
 
->  > I mean what distros have the via drivers in them or support in the 
->  > kernel. 
 
-> Providing the kernel versions are the same, all distros contain the same  
-> kernel.  I've used Slackware for years with VIA chipsets, and found all  
-> the support *I* needed (Basically, the VIA audio) 
 
->  /sbin/modprobe via82cxxx_audio 
 
-> There is a driver for the VIA Rhine  
 
->  #/sbin/modprobe via-rhine 
 
-> but as you can see, I don't use it as I have different network hardware. 
 
-> Any distro with an up-to-date kernel should come with this stuff. 
 
-> You can also get system hardware monitoring up usiong a variety of VIA  
-> hardware, by installing the LM_Sensors package, and one of the apropriate  
-> i2c drivers but these are not a part of the kernel. 
Do you ever get any kernel stability issues due to the via chipset 
with slackware like a kernel panic lock-up or something like that? 
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