Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:22:29 -0700 From: "Darren Spruell" <phatbuckett@gmail.com> To: "Benjamin Cance" <the_plague@bloodborn.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: desktop dominance Message-ID: <839aec700803252222y3edb0f56sc18a004291a8c5a6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47E9B4BF.1070700@bloodborn.net> References: <47E9B4BF.1070700@bloodborn.net>
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On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Benjamin Cance <the_plague@bloodborn.net> wrote: > I have had Linux for a long time. I have a different desktop coming that > I am eager to play with FreeBSD on. It is a dual processored Intel Xeon > @ 3.2ghz (64-bit). How are HP workstations with FreeBSD? Given the range of hardware combinations possible in a given vendor, that's a painful question to try to answer. Generally speaking, you'll probably have no problems, but it's a matter of the individual components and their respective level of support. Find out details (as in, __details__, like exact chipset used where possible) about the various parts in your workstation and you can reference resources like http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.3R/hardware-amd64.html or http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/hardware.html (or the list archives, or ...) for information about them. On a 64-bit platform you may notice issues with older drivers (which you probably don't have) or more likely some third-party packages that aren't quite 64-bit clean. I've had a very successful experience with FreeBSD on the last two modern high-end workstations I've run it on; my only problem has not been with FreeBSD but with the binary blob NVIDIA driver on a Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI. Outside of that, everything has been stellar. Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Mon Mar 17 18:04:24 MST 2008 root@calamity.honeywell.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5345 @ 2.33GHz (2327.51-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6f7 Stepping = 7 Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE> Features2=0x4e3bd<SSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,DCA> AMD Features=0x20100000<NX,LM> AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF> Cores per package: 4 real memory = 3219169280 (3070 MB) avail memory = 3136241664 (2990 MB) ACPI APIC Table: <DELL B8K > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 2 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: 3 cpu4 (AP): APIC ID: 4 cpu5 (AP): APIC ID: 5 cpu6 (AP): APIC ID: 6 cpu7 (AP): APIC ID: 7 ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8 ioapic1: Changing APIC ID to 9 ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard ioapic1 <Version 2.0> irqs 24-47 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 netsmb_dev: loaded ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) acpi0: <DELL B8K > on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 acpi_hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0 Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900 cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 721072106000721 device_attach: est0 attach returned 6 p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0 cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 721072106000721 device_attach: est1 attach returned 6 p4tcc1: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu1 cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 est2: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu2 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 721072106000721 device_attach: est2 attach returned 6 p4tcc2: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu2 cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 est3: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu3 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 721072106000721 device_attach: est3 attach returned 6 p4tcc3: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu3 cpu4: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 est4: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu4 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 721072106000721 device_attach: est4 attach returned 6 p4tcc4: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu4 cpu5: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 est5: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu5 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 721072106000721 device_attach: est5 attach returned 6 p4tcc5: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu5 cpu6: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 est6: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu6 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 721072106000721 device_attach: est6 attach returned 6 p4tcc6: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu6 cpu7: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0 est7: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu7 est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. est: cpu_vendor GenuineIntel, msr 721072106000721 device_attach: est7 attach returned 6 p4tcc7: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu7 acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0 pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 2.0 on pci0 pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1 pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2 pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3 pcib4: <PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci2 pci4: <PCI bus> on pcib4 pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 0.3 on pci1 pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5 fwohci0: <Lucent FW322/323> mem 0xdceff000-0xdcefffff irq 26 at device 5.0 on pci5 fwohci0: [FILTER] fwohci0: OHCI version 1.0 (ROM=1) fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 8. fwohci0: EUI64 00:00:d1:00:80:35:7a:57 fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 3 ports. fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes. firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0 fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0 if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:00:d1:35:7a:57 fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:00:d1:35:7a:57 fwip0: <IP over FireWire> on firewire0 fwip0: Firewire address: 00:00:d1:00:80:35:7a:57 @ 0xfffe00000000, S400, maxrec 2048 sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0 dcons_crom0: <dcons configuration ROM> on firewire0 dcons_crom0: bus_addr 0xbc400000 fwohci0: Initiate bus reset fwohci0: BUS reset fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 3.0 on pci0 pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6 pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0 pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7 nvidia0: <Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI> mem 0xdd000000-0xddffffff,0xc0000000-0xcfffffff,0xde000000-0xdeffffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci7 nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED] nvidia0: [ITHREAD] pcib8: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 5.0 on pci0 pci8: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib8 pcib9: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 6.0 on pci0 pci9: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib9 pcib10: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 pci10: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib10 pcm0: <Intel 631x/632xESB High Definition Audio Controller> mem 0xdfffc000-0xdfffffff irq 16 at device 27.0 on pci0 pcm0: [ITHREAD] pcib11: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0 pci11: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib11 bge0: <Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller, ASIC rev. 0x6002> mem 0xdccf0000-0xdccfffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci11 miibus0: <MII bus> on bge0 brgphy0: <BCM5752 10/100/1000baseTX PHY> PHY 1 on miibus0 brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto bge0: Ethernet address: 00:1a:a0:ac:eb:69 bge0: [ITHREAD] uhci0: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-1> port 0xff80-0xff9f irq 21 at device 29.0 on pci0 uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] uhci0: [ITHREAD] usb0: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-1> on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-2> port 0xff60-0xff7f irq 22 at device 29.1 on pci0 uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] uhci1: [ITHREAD] usb1: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-2> on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-3> port 0xff40-0xff5f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0 uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED] uhci2: [ITHREAD] usb2: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-3> on uhci2 usb2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb2 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci3: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-4> port 0xff20-0xff3f irq 23 at device 29.3 on pci0 uhci3: [GIANT-LOCKED] uhci3: [ITHREAD] usb3: <Intel 631XESB/632XESB/3100 USB controller USB-4> on uhci3 usb3: USB revision 1.0 uhub3: <Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb3 uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered ehci0: <Intel 63XXESB USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xff980800-0xff980bff irq 21 at device 29.7 on pci0 ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] ehci0: [ITHREAD] usb4: waiting for BIOS to give up control usb4: EHCI version 1.0 usb4: companion controllers, 2 ports each: usb0 usb1 usb2 usb3 usb4: <Intel 63XXESB USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0 usb4: USB revision 2.0 uhub4: <Intel EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb4 uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered pcib12: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0 pci12: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib12 isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <Intel 63XXESB2 UDMA100 controller> port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf irq 16 at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0 ata0: [ITHREAD] ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0 ata1: [ITHREAD] atapci1: <Intel 63XXESB2 SATA300 controller> port 0xfe00-0xfe07,0xfe10-0xfe13,0xfe20-0xfe27,0xfe30-0xfe33,0xfec0-0xfedf mem 0xff970000-0xff9703ff irq 20 at device 31.2 on pci0 atapci1: [ITHREAD] atapci1: AHCI called from vendor specific driver atapci1: AHCI Version 01.10 controller with 6 ports detected ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1 ata2: [ITHREAD] ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1 ata3: [ITHREAD] ata4: <ATA channel 2> on atapci1 ata4: [ITHREAD] ata5: <ATA channel 3> on atapci1 ata5: [ITHREAD] ata6: <ATA channel 4> on atapci1 ata6: [ITHREAD] ata7: <ATA channel 5> on atapci1 ata7: port not implemented ata7: [ITHREAD] pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached) fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 fdc0: [FILTER] fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 sio0: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A sio0: [FILTER] sio1: <16550A-compatible COM port> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 sio1: type 16550A sio1: [FILTER] pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff,0xcc000-0xcdfff,0xce000-0xd2fff,0xd3000-0xd3fff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] atkbd0: [ITHREAD] ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0 ppbus0: [ITHREAD] plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 ppc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] ppc0: [ITHREAD] sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 uhub5: <Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub, class 9/0, rev 1.10/48.01, addr 2> on uhub0 uhub5: 3 ports with 2 removable, bus powered ukbd0: <Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub, class 0/0, rev 1.10/48.00, addr 3> on uhub5 kbd2 at ukbd0 uhid0: <Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub, class 0/0, rev 1.10/48.00, addr 3> on uhub5 umass0: <Lexar USB Flash Drive, class 0/0, rev 2.00/11.00, addr 4> on uhub5 ums0: <vendor 0x0461 USB Optical Mouse, class 0/0, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 5> on uhub5 ums0: 3 buttons and Z dir. Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) acd0: DVDR <PHILIPS DVD+/-RW DVD8801/AD21> at ata0-master UDMA33 ad4: 152587MB <WDC WD1600ADFS-75SLR2 21.07Q21> at ata2-master SATA300 ad6: 152587MB <WDC WD1600ADFS-75SLR2 21.07Q21> at ata3-master SATA300 pcm0: <HDA Codec: Sigmatel STAC9220> pcm0: <HDA Driver Revision: 20071129_0050> acd0: FAILURE - INQUIRY ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 acd0: FAILURE - INQUIRY ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 ar0: 152585MB <Intel MatrixRAID RAID1> status: READY ar0: disk0 READY (master) using ad4 at ata2-master ar0: disk1 READY (mirror) using ad6 at ata3-master SMP: AP CPU #5 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #7 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #4 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #6 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched! SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched! cd0 at ata0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 cd0: <PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8801 AD21> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device cd0: 33.000MB/s transfers cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: <Lexar USB Flash Drive 1100> Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 1920MB (3932160 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 244C) Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ar0s1a -- Darren Spruell phatbuckett@gmail.com
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