From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 2 22:04:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF9B416A41F for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:04:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C5D643D45 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:04:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 7CC8111EE4; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:04:21 -0600 (MDT) Received: from cochise.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 2A8FC11EE3; Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:04:21 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 16:04:19 -0600 From: Ken Gunderson To: David Reid Message-Id: <20050902160419.0b079288.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <4318C217.4000604@jetnet.co.uk> References: <122ec19705090206416fd81365@mail.gmail.com> <20050902094726.36bb1340.kgunders@teamcool.net> <4318C217.4000604@jetnet.co.uk> Organization: Teamcool Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.12 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Asus A8N Deluxe sli (for anyone thats using one) X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:04:22 -0000 On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:20:23 +0100 David Reid wrote: > Ken Gunderson wrote: > > On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:41:00 +0100 > > Little Wooden Boy wrote: > > > > > >>The nve ethernet seemed to crash it all the time using 6.0-current, > >>but recompiling the kernel without witness and having top running on > >>the desktop at all times seems to stop the crash... > >> > >>I know this is only a temporary measure but it helps.. > >>Hope there is some work going on into a permanent fix, I'd like to > >>stick with bsd. > > > > > > > > Per the FBSD-AMD mainboard page: > > > > > > > > I would have thought this board would +/- work with nve(4) under 6- > > current. Apparently it does not? Anybody else can comment on their > > experiences because I am close to buying an nForce4 Ultra based board. > > I would run away from any such board :-( That was my initial preference but when I started shoping realized how far behind the VIA based stuff is I had to rethink this. Sure, the next generation super kick ass VIA chipset is supposed to blow nForce away, etc. but from what I hear it suffered interminable delays due to stability issues. fwiw- I tried an Asus A8V-E SE recently and was not very impressed w/ performance under FBSD. Moreover, nor the raid nor onboard NIC worked either... So what are you going to do?? The nForce4 based stuff may not be where we want it to be today but given fbsd's track record I figure it eventually will be. > OK, so it works, but the on board nve doesn't and the RAID isn't as good > as I hoped it might be :-( So you add an Intel based NIC. The fbsd-amd mainboard webpage I referenced indicates the nForce SATA RAID controller works w6-current as of 20050606 but evidently not for you? In any evert I plan to use gmirror as imho it's better anyhow. So as long as the SATA (II??) works... > Also, given that nVidia don't seem willing to reveal the > super-secret-squirrel specs for anything on the board I'm not sure it's > ever going to work as well as some of the board from more enlightened > manafacturers. > > I'm seriously contemplating changing my motherboard away from an Abit > AN-8 Ultra for the above reasons. Yeah. The CEO of nVidia should be locked, stocked, and made available for public spankings. -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?