From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 19 00:00:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B472210657D9 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corky1951@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 847CA8FC0C for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corky1951@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.19]) by QMTA05.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 5atV1c0090QkzPwA5c02Jd; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:02 +0000 Received: from comcast.net ([98.203.142.76]) by OMTA02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 5bzz1c00U1f6R9u8Nc00K3; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:02 +0000 Received: by comcast.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:59:58 -0700 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:59:58 -0700 From: Charlie Kester To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20090618235958.GC96132@comcast.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <94A1EEFE-A341-41C8-A63E-4F9EC1C75670@identry.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.20 X-Composer: VIM 7.2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: Compact Freebsd 'appliance' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:02 -0000 On Thu 18 Jun 2009 at 14:18:21 PDT Tim Judd wrote: > >I've read reports (and forgotten it's source since then) that some >Intel Atom processors work well, some don't with FreeBSD. This was >something I read within a couple months, so I would see if anyone here >can provide input on pros and cons on weather that particular Atom >model number is well received and well tested. The only problems I've seen reported re Atoms was back in the days before the FreeBSD 7.2 release (or was it 7.1?) when there were problems with not recognizing the Realtek networking chip included on the Intel motherboards. FWIW, I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 on an Intel D945GCLF motherboard, which has an Atom 230 CPU. I got mine from http://www.mini-box.com. (I *am* using a Intel networking card rather than the builtin Realtek chip, but only because the Realtek recognition problems still existed when I first set up the machine. One of these days I should probably see if those problems are truly fixed, so I can recover the single PCI slot for some other use.) Since this is a home machine, I can't say it's the best test of whether FreeBSD runs OK on it. But I haven't had any problems with it.