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Subject: Re: ASUS A7N8X's 3Com chip / Sil 3112
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On Saturday, December 13, 2003 4:37 PM, anubis wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 08:25 pm, Gautham Ganapathy wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Will FreeBSD 5.2 (RC1, 2 or RELEASE) support the 3Com 3C90x based n/w
> > controller (Broadcom PHY) present on the A7N8X Deluxe motherboard?
> >
> > Also, will there be a driver for the Sil 3112 SATA driver?
> >
> > Thanx and Regards
> > Gautham
>
> I have that board and have the 3com nic working under 5.1 so i assume that
it
> will work under 5.2
> The sound also works
> Dont know about the sata though.
>

Thanx. I'll try it out. I did have some problems installing 5.1-RELEASE
(problems reading the CD drive; the kernel would panic) and went back to
4.7-RELEASE. Hopefully, 5.2 won't give these problems.

Regards
Gautham