Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:27:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Shafron <phred1975@yahoo.com> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: designing new freebsd server for amd64 arch Message-ID: <20050419172711.4960.qmail@web60004.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: 6667
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--- David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > [ don't top post! ] > > --- Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> 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) > Sorry about the top posting, new to mailing lists and didn't know the etiquette. Assumed that the broadcoms on both boards were the same, my mistake... Looks like the K8W uses the BCM5703C and the K8S Pro uses the BCM5704C.... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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