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apparently vt8251 was not a well supported chipset even in windows. |
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http://forums.viaarena.com/messageview.aspx?catid=28&threadid=71754&enterthread=y |
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provides following: |
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----- Original Message ----- This topic serves to inform you of the status |
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of real support for the VIA VT8251. In short, full support for the chipset |
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and all features will be in Linux-2.6.18. But if you'd like to use it now, |
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read on for details.. |
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PATA | Driver name: blk_dev_via82cxxx: |
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a.. fully supported in Linux-2.6.15 and onwards. |
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SATA | Driver name: scsi_ahci_sata: |
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a.. will be fully* supported in Linux-2.6.18 and onwards. |
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a.. and patches are available for Linux-2.6.15, 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 |
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*: There is no support for NCQ, unfortunately, as the VT8251 does not |
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implement the AHCI specification correctly. Until VIA tells us how exactly |
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they screwed up (so we may work around the issue), this situation is not |
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likely to change. |
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Audio: AC'97 | Driver name: snd_via82xx: |
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a.. fully supported in Linux-2.6.17 (and ALSA 1.0.12rc1) and onwards. |
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a.. For older kernels this patch is available. |
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Audio: Intel HDA | Driver name: snd_hda_intel: |
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a.. fully supported in Linux-2.6.15 (and ALSA-1.0.8) and onwards. |
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When using the drivers listed above, you will not need to install any |
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packages, proprietary or otherwise, provided by VIA or your motherboard |
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manufacturer. In fact, I would recommend against doing so. |
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A couple of credits: |
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a.. PATA DMA support was sent to the libata maintainer independently by VIA |
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and Daniel Drake. These patches utilise the 82Cxxx driver written by Vojtech |
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Pavlik(SUSE), based upon the work of Michel Aubry, Jeff Garzik (Red Hat) and |
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Andre Hedrick. |
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a.. SATA support was initially provided by VIA. The patch has been modified |
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by Geoff Rivell for 2.6.15.1, by Cristian Olar for 2.6.16, and reworked for |
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inclusion in the mainline kernel by yours truly (Bastiaan Jacques). |
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a.. AC'97 support has been added by yours truly. This is based upon the work |
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by Jaroslav Kysela (SUSE) and Tjeerd Mulder (Fujitsu-Siemens). |
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a.. Intel HDA support was written by Takashi Iwai (SUSE). |
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I'll try to keep this post updated. Please send me a private message if |
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you'd like something changed or added. |
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Edited: Wed Jun 28, 2006 at 00:42 by bjacques |
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