Help: motherboard works with Linux?

["James Buchanan" <jamesbuch@iprimus.com.au>]

Hi all,

I am thinking of buying this motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8IEXP with the Intel
845E AGPset chipset - what worries me is its "winbond" I/O chip.  Is that
like a "winmodem" ie. only works with Windows?

Here is the spec: http://www.giga-byte.com/products/8iexp.htm

Please help if you can.  I'd like to know if I can install Debian Woody
using this motherboard or whether it will fail because it isn't supported.

Thanks heaps
James