From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 15 15:32:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35615106566B for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:32:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from kuber.nabble.com (kuber.nabble.com [216.139.236.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE258FC08 for ; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:32:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bounces@nabble.com) Received: from isper.nabble.com ([192.168.236.156]) by kuber.nabble.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LNUDH-0007mm-Fq for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:32:55 -0800 Message-ID: <21479997.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:32:55 -0800 (PST) From: ThinkDifferently To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <21077464.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Nabble-From: Jeremy@FutureCIS.com References: <21077464.post@talk.nabble.com> Subject: Re: Vetting motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:32:56 -0000 ThinkDifferently wrote: > > I'm currently looking at the Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H. > I'd like to update everyone that the above motherboard does in fact work with FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE. The onboard Ethernet port (chipset 8111C) will not work with 7.0. The updated driver is in 7.1. Everything works great, except this mobo has a software RAID driver, which FreeBSD does not support. So, you would have to do standalone disks or some other kind of volume management, like vinum, I suppose. All in all, it's very fast and easy to use. I just regret that it doesn't natively support hardware RAID. I splurged and got a RocketRAID 3120 card, but I'm currently struggling in that regard to get it to boot after the installation. See thread... http://www.nabble.com/How-do-I-use-RocketRAID-3120-with-FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE-----tt21471603.html http://www.nabble.com/How-do-I-use-RocketRAID-3120-with-FreeBSD-7.1-RELEASE-----tt21471603.html I originally posted it in the FreeBSD-Drivers list, because I'm trying to figure out how to use the hptiop driver, included in FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Vetting-motherboard-Gigabyte-GA-MA78G-DS3H-for-FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE-tp21077464p21479997.html Sent from the freebsd-hardware mailing list archive at Nabble.com.