[Asterisk-Users] Re: X100p on VIA EPIA-V

[Leo Ann Boon]

I believe the problem being refered to is described below, which affects 
VIA chipsets made between 1997-2002. The VT8233 used in the Mini-ITX is 
on the 'hit list'. I understand there was a patch to the linux kernel 
which was supposed to have been merged into kernel 2.4.25 to address 
this issue. Personally, I've not encountered serious problems with the 
Mini-ITX. I suppose not running X helps reduce the likelihood of a bus 
mastering problem.

http://adsl.cutw.net/dlink-dsl200-via.html

Stefan de Konink wrote:

> Rich Adamson wrote:
>
>> My understanding from the 'expert' is the PCI issues have something
>> to do with a poor PCI chip design on the motherboard. The folks that
>> are heavy into audio apps tend to swap out their VIA motherboards. 
>> Guess that implies there aren't any workarounds.
>
>
> From the Ardour (Linux Audio Editor) System requirements:
> Avoid VIA motherboards and chipsets wherever possible. This company 
> has demonstrated an almost complete disregard for reasonable use of 
> the PCI bus. Their hardware has repeatedly been implicated in a 
> failure to achieve low latency performance. Here is one example of the 
> kinds of problems you can expect.
>
> example points to:
> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2003-09/7761.html
>
>
>
> Stefan de Konink
>
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