aic7860 on mainboard

[Daniel M. Eischen]

> I am attempting to use linux 2.0.x on a machine with an IWill P55tv
> mainboard with aic7860 integrated.  I have heard rumors that this
> mainboard will never work.  could someone confirm or deny this for me?  If
> anyone has made this board work, please let me know so that I can collect
> info needed to roubleshoot.

It should work, especially after Linux 2.0.31 (or with the 2.0.31-pre3
patch applied to 2.0.30 - see ftp.kernel.org in pub/linux/kernel/testing)
is released.

Dan Eischen
deischen at iworks.InterWorks.org