Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:55:59 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: =?utf-8?b?0JjQs9C+0YDRjCDQmtGA0LDRgdC90L7RgdC10LvRjNGB0LrQuNC5?= <igor@gulfstream.by> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new SATA chipsets support Message-ID: <200803131156.00184.fjwcash@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1841496593.20080313175115@gulfstream.by> References: <1841496593.20080313175115@gulfstream.by>
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On March 13, 2008 08:51 am =D0=98=D0=B3=D0=BE=D1=80=D1=8C =D0=9A=D1=80=D0= =B0=D1=81=D0=BD=D0=BE=D1=81=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8C=D1=81=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 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? > > I think that drivers from ASUS > (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=3Den-en&model= =3DM >2N-SLI%20Deluxe) may not work with FreeBSD? Can't say anything about the above, but ... A really nice motherboard that works really well with FreeBSD 6.3 and=20 =46reeBSD 7.0 is the Asus M2N-LR: http://ca.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3D9&l2=3D39&l3=3D263&l4=3D0&model=3D135= 2&modelmenu=3D1 This is a single-socket AM2 motherboard with support for 1000-series AMD=20 Opteron processors (single or dual-core). 4 RAM slots supports up to 4=20 GB of DDR-800 RAM, 2x Broadcom gigabit NICs onboard (attached to PCIe), 6=20 SATA connectors. Expansion slots include a 16x PCIe slot, two 64-bit/133=20 MHz PCI-X slots, and a 32-bit/33 MHz PCI slot. We're using these for our gateway/router/firewall boxes without any issues= =20 running FreeBSD 6.3 and FreeBSD 7.0. We installed a 4-port Intel=20 Pro/1000 gigabit NIC, dual-core Opteron CPU, 2 GB RAM, and a single 80 GB=20 SATA HD in ours. Beautiful little things. Haven't been able to crash it yet. And fairly=20 inexpensive (just under $1100 CDN in short 2U rackmountable cases when we=20 purchased them in Jan 08, for the config above). Everything except one memory controller has drivers attached to it in=20 pciconf -vl output, even on 6.3. =2D-=20 =46reddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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