From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 13:41:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1C9D16A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:41:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.telissant.com (h-66-167-251-2.PHLAPAFG.covad.net [66.167.251.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DCB443D45 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:41:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from anclo@anclo.com) Received: from leporello.anclo.com (13.myma1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.177.46]) by vmail.3dresearch.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E901B5646; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:41:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20031226161341.02ac91a0@imap.telissant.com> X-Sender: X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 16:39:50 -0500 To: Harald Schmalzbauer From: Anclo In-Reply-To: <200312262206.51975@harrymail> References: <1072472355.3feca12314771@vmail.3dresearch.com> <1072472355.3feca12314771@vmail.3dresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA Tech Mini-ITX X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:41:35 -0000 At 04:06 PM 12/26/2003, you wrote: >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. > >-Harry Harry, many thanx - my 10 year old system which I just set up as gateway has expired and I figured that a C3 800 would be a relatively inexpensive replacement. Just curious - what driver does your system say it uses for the C3 800 miniITX's NIC? Anclo