From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 3 23:10:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22579106566B for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2011 23:10:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matheus@eternamente.info) Received: from phoenix.eternamente.info (phoenix.eternamente.info [109.169.62.232]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F177F8FC08 for ; Sat, 3 Dec 2011 23:10:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by phoenix.eternamente.info (Postfix, from userid 80) id BBC021CC6C; Sat, 3 Dec 2011 20:10:41 -0300 (BRT) Received: from 186.214.130.125 (SquirrelMail authenticated user matheus) by eternamente.info with HTTP; Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:10:41 -0200 Message-ID: <30c6076d340bdb3546054609939139c6.squirrel@eternamente.info> In-Reply-To: References: <44b3c0f48d1cf64cc9237881c43c2be4.squirrel@eternamente.info> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 21:10:41 -0200 From: "Nenhum_de_Nos" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Sil3124 + Sil4726 PortMultipier and FreeBSD9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:10:48 -0000 On Sat, December 3, 2011 21:06, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: >> hail, >> >> I've heard great things about sil3124 and FreeBSD 8+ (saw mav@ talking in lists and forum). But >> I'm planning a home server, I already have an Atom board from Intel (old Atom 330), Soekris >> 6501-70 and Sil3124 PCI. I saw that both ICH7 and NM10 can't deal with port multipliers, so my >> focus is on the Sil3124 now. I heard from internet that Sil4726+SIl3124 got random resets, >> although that was some time ago and on linux lists. >> >> So as I'm about to buy the Port Multiplier, and as I'll run FreeBSD 9 on it, anyone here have >> any >> experiences on this regard and is willing to share ? >> >> this is a small footprint server, I plan to have 6-8 disks and may become ZFS based. >> >> I plan to buy this port multiplier http://www.addonics.com/products/ad5sahpm-ea.php > > What are your requirements (need compile toolchain, needs to be a > fileserver, etc)? Mail purpose is fileserver. As my current fileserver is underused, it also servers some mail backup, svn, http and some other light use services. As a fileserver, it has a half dozen clients, the other services, almost just me. thanks, matheus -- Vítima da Oi entre 2007 e 2011. We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style