Lee Revell schrieb:
So I gather
that my best bet is to avoid mainboards that have VIA
chipsets.
VIA chipsets work fine. Their bad reputation is due to poor quality
Windows drivers.
maybe thats true ...
but i badly remeber the vt686b southbridge.
also, the linux kernel does contain some code specially for the, lets
call it unconventional, irq routing
of via chipsets.
but, yes, current via chipsets may work fine.
Lee