From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 19 17:17:27 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 A5AEE16A4CF for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:17:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49BC043D2F for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:17:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j3JHHPXg026204; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:17:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j3JHHPJR026203; Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:17:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:17:25 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Tom Shafron Message-ID: <20050419171725.GA26152@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20050419150335.46904.qmail@web60003.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050419150335.46904.qmail@web60003.mail.yahoo.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: designing new freebsd server for amd64 arch X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:17:27 -0000 [ don't top post! ] --- Mike Jakubik wrote: > On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 08:03:35AM -0700, Tom Shafron wrote: > > On Tue, April 19, 2005 5:19 am, David Komanek said: > > > Now I prefer: > > > Tyan Thunder K8WE, S2895A2NRF ... > > I dont recommend an nForce chipset, specially one > > this new. Also, prepare > > for problems with the onboard bge nic card. People > > are experiencing > > crashes with it under load, and no one has solved > > the problem yet. > > I haven't experienced problems with the onboard bge > NICs on my Tyan 2882... but now you have me nervous... > do you have a link to people discussing the issues > that I can check out? s2882 != S2895A2NRF. The two are very different and use different Broadcom silicon. There are also problems using Linux on this motherboard. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)