From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 18 02:13:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F7316A41F for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:13:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost1.sentex.ca (smarthost1.sentex.ca [64.7.153.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A6C343D45 for ; Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:13:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from pumice3.sentex.ca (pumice3.sentex.ca [64.7.153.26]) by smarthost1.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j9I2DT0Y075008 for ; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:13:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by pumice3.sentex.ca (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j9I2DTRc084798; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:13:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from simian.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j9I2DRH1014280 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:13:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.0.20051017215901.045afa88@64.7.153.2> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:13:31 -0400 To: Brett Glass , stable@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20051017195314.080f90f8@lariat.org> References: <200510152346.RAA20742@lariat.net> <6.2.3.4.0.20051017202509.0869bc58@64.7.153.2> <6.2.5.6.2.20051017195314.080f90f8@lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 64.7.153.18 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.53 on 64.7.153.26 Cc: Subject: Re: 6.0 release date and stability X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:13:32 -0000 At 09:56 PM 17/10/2005, Brett Glass wrote: >At 06:38 PM 10/17/2005, Mike Tancsa wrote: > > >Two of our scanners in the cluster are SMP boxes-- dual core AMD > running in 386 mode and an Intel D830. > >Both work really well, and take quite a load against them network > / cpu wise. Lots of threads running. > >Also have FAST_IPSEC clients and a server running RELENG_6 from > around Beta 1. > >How is AMD in AMD64 mode? Dont know. I only run it in i386 mode and its fast and runs VERY cool. The reaction to touching the Intel D830 heat sinks (CPU or MB) are typically "Aeeiiiii!!!! It burns It burns!!!!", the reaction to touching the AMD is typical, "Is this thing on ?" Head to head, the 3800 X2 beats out the D830 for spam / virus scanning in our setup as well. >One thing we're looking at doing is deploying some single-core AMD64s. >Some of the motherboards use the NVidia NForce chipsets, so we need >to know if the nve driver works I have seen lots of problem reports with the nve. A board that works well for us and fits nicely in a 2U (probably with the right heat sink a 1U) is the ECS 480M. (http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=506&MenuID=90&LanID=0) It uses the ATI chipset. Disk and NIC are supported. Onboard NIC is a Realtek (rl driver) which is pretty bug / problem free. Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (1999.78-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x20fb1 Stepping = 1 Features=0x178bfbff Features2=0x1 AMD Features=0xe2500800 AMD Features2=0x3 Multicore: 2 physical cores pci0: at device 19.2 (no driver attached) pci0: at device 20.0 (no driver attached) atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfd00-0xfd0f at device 20.1 on pci0 ata0: on atapci0 ata1: on atapci0 isab0: at device 20.3 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 pcib2: at device 20.4 on pci0 pci2: on pcib2 rl0: port 0xdf00-0xdfff mem 0xfddff000-0xfddff0ff irq 22 at device 5.0 on pci2 miibus0: on rl0 rlphy0: on miibus0 rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto rl0: Ethernet address: 00:14:2a:1a:49:f6 pumice6]# atacontrol mode ad0 current mode = UDMA100 [pumice6]# atacontrol info ata0 Master: ad0 ATA/ATAPI revision 6 Slave: no device present [pumice6]# ---Mike