Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:34:28 -0600 From: Marc Wiz <marc@wiz.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: VIA Tech Mini-ITX Message-ID: <20031226213428.GB99981@wiz.com> In-Reply-To: <200312262206.51975@harrymail> References: <1072472355.3feca12314771@vmail.3dresearch.com> <200312262206.51975@harrymail>
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On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 10:06:43PM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Friday 26 December 2003 21:59, Anclo wrote: > > I'm considering to build a small VIA Tech Mini-ITX system using the C3 800 > > MHz motherboard/CPU or the Eden 533 MHz. This box would serve as a > > gateway/router. > > > > Has anyone have experience with VIA Tech Mini-ITX motherboards? I'd like to > > use it to run 4.9-RELEASE. > > > > Any advice would be appreciated - I'd hate to find out that there is no > > FreeBSD driver for the built-in network card... > > I'm using a older C3 800 miniITX without any problem. > AFAIK even the latest miniITX has the "VIA Rhine" chipset for ethernet. Also > the PLE266 should work, but of course you cannot use the mpeg2 decoder. Don't > know any OS which could make use of it. There are patches for Linux to use the hardware MPEG-2 decoder. Check out http://www.linitx.org I have the board with the 1 Ghz chip but haven't tried FreeBSD yet. Marc -- Marc Wiz marc@wiz.com Yes, that really is my last name.
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