Well VIA released a driver about 1 or 1/2 half years ago. This driver worked in a few cases but was for the rest a disaster (sorry if developers read this). For eComStation I'm working on collecting drivers and getting a license to include them. The VIA driver also has my attention and I have contacted VIA and past along the bugs which where documented in the patch on
hobbes.
I also had a lot of cases where there was no sound. Or system sounds where played to fast. Also with playing a video file I got a trap.
I past al this information along. Last week I was told they where working on a new version.
All I can say, lets hope it has improved and keep an eye on www.via.com.tw.
When it will be released I don't know. BTW does somebody out there have a VIA motherboard with a BUILD ON nic chipset from VIA. I have drivers that need testing.
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