From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 27 13:39:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD6C16A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:39:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net (adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net [68.76.19.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 584BF43D39 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:39:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laffer1@adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net) Received: from adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net (localhost [127.0.0.1])ESMTP id i5RDe1pj013249; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 09:40:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from laffer1@adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net) Received: from localhost (laffer1@localhost) with ESMTP id i5RDdw80013243; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 09:39:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from laffer1@adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net) Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 09:39:58 -0400 (EDT) From: User LAFFER1 To: Doug Poland In-Reply-To: <20040627035549.GA2414@polands.org> Message-ID: <20040627093830.H13090@adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net> References: <1088268927.734.16.camel@localhost> <20040626174214.GA263@polands.org><20040627035549.GA2414@polands.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.73, clamav-milter version 0.73a on adsl-68-76-19-75.dsl.klmzmi.ameritech.net X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Asus P4S800D-E Deluxe X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:39:36 -0000 I've noticed that many newer Asus boards have ACPI problems with FreeBSD. Its a shame because i have always bought asus boards since I learned of them. On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Doug Poland wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 12:15:18AM +0100, Shaun Friedle wrote: >> On Sat, 2004-06-26 at 18:42, Doug Poland wrote: >>>> I currently have an Asus P4C800 Deluxe which is okay - until I turn off >>>> ACPI and then I get a "Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while is >>>> kernel mode" while booting. I need to be able to turn off ACPI as the >>>> nvidia driver doesn't work with it on. >>>> >>>> The P4S800D-E Deluxe is very similar is features to the P4C800 Deluxe >>>> and I want to make sure that it doesn't suffer from the same problem >>>> before I buy it. >>>> >>> Sorry, it does suffer the same problem. I've got an nVidia 5700 >>> that's running the XFree86 nv driver because of this issue. >> >> Hi, >> It's a good job I checked first then. Do you know of any boards that >> offer similar features, but don't have this problem? >> > No, I don't. Someone created a webapp that attempted to "rate" the > performance of mobos for FBSD. The URL is: > > http://www.eilio.com/freebsd-motherboards/ > > I just checked it out and it seems to be stale now. There's a MySQL > connect error visible on the page. Also, it didn't rate ACPI > compatibility/performance which is something you really want to know. > > -- > Regards, > Doug > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >