Via8233 chipset

Herodot · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 8:14 pm Post subject: Via8233 chipset

Hi All.

I have a via kt266 chipset. It has been mentioned that the kernel (I'm using the gentoo kernel) doesn't support this as such. The system works fine, though:

/sbin/hdparm -tT /dev/hdd
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.57 seconds =225.35 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 1.96 seconds = 32.74 MB/sec

(on a 60 GB 5400 WD disk)

/bin/dmesg does report that it doesn't know the chip.

Should I worry? Should I start hunting down patches, and messing things up? As I said, I can hardly expect much better HD performance.

Regards,
H

wudmx · Guru Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 527

i can only say... never change a running system.. if your system doesnt freeze, and if everything goes fine, then you shouldnt change anything...

wudmx

Herodot · Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2002 1:04 am Post subject:

Hi,

>i can only say...
>never change a running system..
>if your system doesnt freeze, and if everything goes fine, then you shouldnt change anything...

Yes, good advice.
However, half the fun of Linux (if not 99%) is experimenting and learning. Getting the system to run 0.1% "finer".
I don't think I'll touch this particular issue though - plenty others...

H

ShadyMilkman · n00b Joined: 20 Apr 2002 Posts: 57

I've used both a via kt-266 and 266a chipset perfectly under the gentoo kernel, I wouldn't worry about it. Sure dmesg will complain but it still works, as opposed to the 2.4.18 tree which(with the 266a) won't recognize it at all and therefore you can't run dma, meaning about 5 mb/s max. Stick with what you have.