From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Jun  6 13:36:51 2006
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
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 3D29216B2D4
	for <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>; Tue,  6 Jun 2006 13:36:51 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from andrew@areilly.bpc-users.org)
Received: from omta04sl.mx.bigpond.com (omta04sl.mx.bigpond.com
	[144.140.93.156])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C5E43D60
	for <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>; Tue,  6 Jun 2006 13:36:45 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from andrew@areilly.bpc-users.org)
Received: from areilly.bpc-users.org ([141.168.4.160])
	by omta04sl.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id
	<20060606133643.SFQR27710.omta04sl.mx.bigpond.com@areilly.bpc-users.org>
	for <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>; Tue, 6 Jun 2006 13:36:43 +0000
Received: (qmail 32563 invoked by uid 501); 6 Jun 2006 13:36:53 -0000
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 23:36:53 +1000
From: Andrew Reilly <andrew-freebsd@areilly.bpc-users.org>
To: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060606133653.GA31028@gurney.reilly.home>
References: <444DF001.7020305@jetnet.co.uk> <444E1542.7040309@gmail.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <444E1542.7040309@gmail.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i
Cc: David Reid <david@jetnet.co.uk>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: mb recommendation
X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform <freebsd-amd64.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64>,
	<mailto:freebsd-amd64-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-amd64-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64>,
	<mailto:freebsd-amd64-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:37:01 -0000

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 04:25:38PM +0400, Yuri Pankov wrote:
> David Reid wrote:
> >At present I have an ABIT AN-8 Ultra MB which features the nVidia nForce
> >4 chipset. Given nVidia's attitude to releasing information and the
> >resultant lack of information/drivers on FreeBSD I've finally decided to
> >change it. Requirements are SATA (ideally with raid) and PCI-e. ATX
> >form. Anyone got any recommendations?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >david
> 
> Following URL http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html 
> can provide some info on motherboards for amd64 platform.
> 
> I'm using Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI. Onboard NForce4 SATA controller is working 
> without issues, though RAID functionality is not tested.

What are you using for a network adaptor?  I've never been able
to get the nve driver to work with the nForce4 MCP9 (?) on board
my Gigabyte K8N9(?) motherboard.  I had been happily getting by
with a spare intel 21143 (dc) PCI card until I upgraded to
6.1-STABLE this morning (after about a month away on holidays).
Now I can't get either to work, even though ifconfig seems to be
doing all of the right things.

All of the other on-board things work fine: SATA, FW, memory
etc.

Cheers,

-- 
Andrew