RE: What Athlon chipset is most stable in Linux?

[Giles Tyson]

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey W. Baker [mailto:[e-mail]]
>On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 05:19, Martin Eriksson wrote:
>> I'm hearing rumours about my University wanting to set up a cluster with
AMD
>> Athlon XP+DDR computers, so I wonder what chipset is most stable under
>> Linux?
>> 
>> I assume it's the AMD DDR chipset, but I want to be pretty sure.

>I have no problems with the 1400MHz Athlon on AMD 760, including DRI
>using the AGP bridge.

It's my understanding that among boards with the same chipset, some may work
while others do not.  I have tested an Iwill KK266+Raid, with KT133A, and it
would not run with athlon optimizations.  I also have tried an Epox 8KHA+,
with KT266A, and it has been perfectly stable so far, for three days.