From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 16 02:43:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 274C216A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:43:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7CC243D31 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:43:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CC91372DD4; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:43:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C884172DCB; Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:43:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:43:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Jan Mikkelsen In-Reply-To: <4212868E.8080005@transactionware.com> Message-ID: <20050215184118.B32860@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20050208193338.6ee460d9.mark@hyow.eu.org> <20050215180011.GD38158@dragon.nuxi.com> <4212868E.8080005@transactionware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Mark Magiera cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NVidia chipsets (was Re: Any experience with "Asus A8N-SLi" or"Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI" mobos?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:43:49 -0000 On Wed, 16 Feb 2005, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > > Stop supporting nVidia by buying nForce-based motherboards. Or complain > > to nVidia that they (1) won't give us docs even under NDA, (2) won't > > provide a FreeBSD driver like they do for Linux. These mailing lists are > > filled with all the problems of nForce motherboards, yet FreeBSD users > > keep buying them... > > HP have just announced the xw9300 workstation. According to the spec > sheet the chipset is an "NVIDIA nForce Professional with AMD-8131 > HyperTransport PCI-X tunnel". > > The xw9300 looked interesting to me, but I guess the chipset is going to > be a problem for using FreeBSD on those boxes. Is HP a possible source > of information on the chipset? AMD-8131 is a generic HT-PCIX bridge. Its likely an 8111 chipset, which works fine. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org