From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 11 13:18:44 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 3D3AD16A41F for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:18:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from yggdrasil.interstroom.nl (yggdrasil.interstroom.nl [80.85.129.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB9E643D45 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:18:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from ip127-180.introweb.nl ([80.65.127.180] helo=[192.168.1.42]) by yggdrasil with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1E3CxG-0003Kx-00; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:18:42 +0200 Message-ID: <42FB5030.4020500@axis.nl> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:18:40 +0200 From: Olaf Greve User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6-1.4.1.centos4 (X11/20050721) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <200508100427.j7A4RcKi088850@blue.virtual-estates.net> <1123687400.14039.10.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <200508101311.17048.Mikhail.Teterin@murex.com> In-Reply-To: <200508101311.17048.Mikhail.Teterin@murex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MailScanner-Information: Interstroom virusscan, please e-mail helpdesk@interstroom.nl for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: Subject: Asus NCT-D + Intel Xeon compatibility with FreeBSD 5.4-Release (amd64)? 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: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:18:44 -0000 Hi, Well, after doing some more research I found out that indeed I will have to make a switch of motherboard in order to be able to use the Adaptec 2200S PCI-64 66MHz U320 RAID controller to the fullest. Now, the only parts I can get for a reduced price are Asus parts. So, I have found the following candidate: Asus NCT-D (more info: http://www.asus.com/produ...l1=9&l2=39&l3=106) Interestingly enough, for once, even FreeBSD is mentioned (be it version 4.9) on the list of supported OSes. :) In terms of processors I have the following options: -Intel Xeon 2.8GHz, 800Mhz 1MB cache, Active 1+ € 190 -Intel Xeon 3.0GHz, 800Mhz 1MB cache, Active € 238 -Intel Xeon 3.2GHz, 800Mhz 1MB cache, Active € 285 Now, just to be extremely sure that I do not again get hardware that will not fit my needs, can anyone tell me the following: -Does the combination of the Asus NCT-D + 1 of these mentioned Xeon processors fully support EM64T? -I couldn't find this particular board on the list of supported motherboards at http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html but does anyone know if this board + Xeon will work with the FreeBSD 5.4 Release (amd64) version? Thanks in advance, and kind regards, Olafo