Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 00:03:58 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1013413106.87f57b@mired.org> Cc: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SIS735 set / Elite Group K7S5A mobo ok in 4.5-Rel ? Message-ID: <3C60E36E.6040108@owt.com> References: <15456.56690.88320.99182@guru.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote: > Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> types: > >>>Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com> types: >>> >>>>I see if the archives there was some movement this in January, but did it >>>>get into 4.5-Rel? >>>> >>>Onboard sound doesn't work. Everything else does, though I'm seeing >>>quirks in the onboard ethernet. I think it's gkrellm, which seems to >>>have a penchant for breaking things. >>> >>well, then it's still useless then under FreeBSD. >> > > Gee, I'm getting quite a bit of use out of mine. I've been doing that > for quite a while. It's not at all clear at this time where the SiS > 900 problems I'm seeing come from. Nobody else is reporting any > problems, so it could be that my motherboard has a problem. It could > be a problem with the version of the BIOS on this motherboard. It > could be anything. I have to agree at this point. I have three of them and don't miss the onboard sound. I have a bunch of Ensoniq's lying around and use them where I have to. > > If you define a board as "useless" if there's some functionality on it > that you can't use, then I doubt that anyone makes a motherboard I > wouldn't call useless. Serious systems need SCSI disk controllers, so > you can't use the IDE controllers that every manufacturer puts on the > board. But who cares? Just disable it so it doesn't eat any IRQs, and > use the thing. Usless is the modem riser. I don't even use it in Windows. Kent > > >>I'm looking for a LINT for motherboards. "Most oughta work" still means >>"try it and see" experimentation. $ and time. >> > > Um - the Elite K7S5A booted FreeBSD and ran out of the box, no > problems whatsoever. That fits the definition of "work" in the > statement "Most oughta work". > > Your definition of "work" seems to be "Everything on the motherboard > can be used to it's full potential." That's *always* going to be a > "try it and see" type thing for any OS the vendor doesn't provide > drivers for. > > >>I'd like to identify two mobo's to standardize on, one for medium-power, >>dedicated "appliance" roles, and one for high-powered server roles. >> > > In either of those two roles, why do you care if sound works or not? > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > . > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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