From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 5 00:26:55 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C2E16A421 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 00:26:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jjreynold@ip72-223-32-153.ph.ph.cox.net) Received: from fed1rmmtao106.cox.net (fed1rmmtao106.cox.net [68.230.241.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BF2213C489 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2007 00:26:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jjreynold@ip72-223-32-153.ph.ph.cox.net) Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.05.02.00 201-2174-114-20060621) with ESMTP id <20070605002655.BUZD1540.fed1rmmtao106.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:26:55 -0400 Received: from ip72-223-32-153.ph.ph.cox.net ([72.223.32.153]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id 7cSu1X00M3JDq600000000; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:26:54 -0400 Received: from whale.home-net (whale.home-net [192.168.1.2]) by ip72-223-32-153.ph.ph.cox.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l550QsIB018828; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:26:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from jjreynold@dolphin.home-net) Received: from whale.home-net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whale.home-net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l550Qs92030541; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:26:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from jjreynold@whale.home-net) Received: (from jjreynold@localhost) by whale.home-net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l550QsCA030538; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:26:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from jjreynold) From: John Reynolds MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18020.44494.161536.424781@whale.home-net> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 17:26:54 -0700 To: Gary Corcoran In-Reply-To: <46649F51.70809@rcn.com> References: <18020.33418.651466.347807@whale.home-net> <46649F51.70809@rcn.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.3.1 Cc: John Reynolds , , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: support for components of Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 motherboard? 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: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:26:55 -0000 [ On Monday, June 4, Gary Corcoran wrote: ] > > I just built a new PC based on a Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2 board. Not exactly > the same, but it seems very similar except mine has built-in video. Since > it is intended for a personal file server, all I wanted was VGA. similar enough--I'm mostly interested in reports about the onboard NIC and sound. > DVD-RW drive connected to PATA (JMicron controller) worked fine for install. > Later, a hard disk connected to the same PATA cable along with the DVD-RW > also worked. cool. > > SATA ports provided by ICH8 work fine in AHCI mode (only tried 1.5Gbps SATA > for now). again, cool. > I haven't tried the audio. from what I can gather it looks like -current is supporting this ICH8/RealTec combo fairly well. There appears to be diff's to apply to -STABLE with a "use at your own risk" type clause attached. > The Marvell 8056 ethernet is supported by the msk driver. It probes and attaches > okay, but, long story short, it is unusable. Pinged okay, but just trying to > vi a small file over the network crashed the network connection. Another time > the lights on the network switch were constantly going off and on every few > seconds. It's just unusable in its current state. When I get time, I'll try > to provide a proper report to -current and get some help, but for now I had > to plug in an Intel card in a PCI slot. interesting ... yes, it'd be nice if this was supported, but the board has enough PCI slots to use "working" NICs ..... thanks for your report! -Jr -- John & Jennifer Reynolds johnjen at reynoldsnet.org www.reynoldsnet.org Structural/Physical Design - some group - Intel jreynold at sedona.ch.intel.com Running FreeBSD since 2.1.5-RELEASE. KT7JCR FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! "Unix is user friendly, it's just particular about the friends it chooses."