From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 13 18:16:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 276301065671 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:16:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout0.freenet.de (mout0.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB71D8FC1D for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:16:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from [195.4.92.20] (helo=10.mx.freenet.de) by mout0.freenet.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JZryZ-0003hB-Dh; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:16:23 +0100 Received: from rb624.r.pppool.de ([89.54.182.36]:23586 helo=peedub.jennejohn.org) by 10.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #12) id 1JZryY-0006u6-SV; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:16:23 +0100 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:16:21 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Cc: Message-ID: <20080313191621.1772d40a@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <1841496593.20080313175115@gulfstream.by> References: <1841496593.20080313175115@gulfstream.by> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.10.14; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: new SATA chipsets support X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:16:25 -0000 On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:51:15 +0200 __________ ____________________________ wrote: > I am going to build my new file- and gateway server and i wish to use any of brand new motherboards for it, such as ASUS M2N-SLI deluxe (nforce 570 SLI chipset) or Gigabyte MA790X-DS4 (AMD 790X / AMD SB600 chipset), but i can't find any information of supporting that chipsets in your current 7.0 release. Are you going to include support of that chips to your next releases, and if yes, when? Or maybe i can find that drivers somewhere else? > Try hitting once in a while. This is all one long line! I can't speak to this, but why not use a board which is already known to work? I'm using a Gigabyte M61P-S3 myself. > I think that drivers from ASUS (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-en&model=M2N-SLI%20Deluxe) may not work with FreeBSD? > These are guaranteed not to work, unless you want to port the Linux drivers. --- Gary Jennejohn