Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 17:12:33 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Justin Finkelstein <justin@redwiredesign.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chipset compatibility issues and FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040521161233.GA87957@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <002d01c43f35$455b6290$0b02a8c0@justin> References: <002d01c43f35$455b6290$0b02a8c0@justin>
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On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 02:12:25PM +0100, Justin Finkelstein wrote:
> Hi there
> =20
> I'm about to make a decision on which motherboard to buy to run FreeBSD
> 4.9 in a production environment, and I'm getting a little confused over
> compatibility issues with the available chipsets and this version of
> FreeBSD.
> =20
> The chipsets in question are: Intel 865G, 865PG, 865PE.
Hmmm... Well, looking at /usr/src/sys/pci/agp_i810.c (also agpreg.h)
the 865G "82865G Integrated Graphics Device" appears to be supported
in 4-STABLE:
case 0x25728086:
return ("Intel 82865G (865G GMCH) SVGA controller");
as does the "82865G/PE/P, 82848P DRAM Controller / Host-Hub Interface"
in /usr/src/sys/pci/agp_intel.c:
case 0x25708086:
return ("Intel 82865 host to AGP bridge");
Which basically means "Yes, it's supported". (Err -- there;s no
mention of '865PG' anywhere though. Was that a typo?)
There's no mention in the kernel sources of PCI ID 0x25718086
"82865G/PE/P, 82848P PCI-to-AGP Bridge", 0x25738086 "82865G/PE/P,
82848P PCI-to-CSA Bridge" or 0x25768086 "82865G/PE/P, 82848P Overflow
Configuration". (See /usr/share/misc/pci_vendors for details of PCI
ID numbers) so those devices may cause you problems.
Cheers,
Matthew
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