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

[Rich Adamson]

> 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

Guess that pretty much says it all, and with a lot more authority
then the individual I was talking to. :)

Rich