[mpeg2] Re: Hard lockups when loading the kfir module

[Ralph Metzler <rjkm@convergence.de>]

Andreas Trottmann writes:
 > On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 04:48:10PM +0200, Ralph Metzler wrote:
 > 
 > > The locking up problem is known and mainly occurs on boards with VIA
 > > chipsets (although I also have an ABIT KT100 which works fine).
 > > Some had success by disabling USB in the BIOS. We don't know how
 > > exactly this is related but it probably changes something in the bus
 > > timing.
 > 
 > Thanks for the quick reply!
 > 
 > We are experiencing the lockup problem on a machine with a board using
 > the Intel LX chipset, and turning off the USB support in the BIOS
 > doesn't change anything. We quickly tried on a different machine (that
 > also uses the LX chipset -- it was a spare machine that could be tested
 > quickly), and had identical results (i.e. it also locks up).
 > 
 > We'll try a machine with a different chipset (probably I can test it on
 > one with the BX chipset) and will tell you the results.

It should work on BX boards.
I have it working on two BX boards, an ASUS P2B-LS with 300MHz Celeron
and an ASUS P2B-DS with two 350 MHz PIIs. 
I also developed the drivers on those.


Ralph