Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:21:37 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@acm.org> Subject: Another EPIA M 9000 update (was Re: More compartive power/performance results (was Re: Lower power SMP boxes?)) Message-ID: <200302092221.h19MLbn0017174@apollo.backplane.com> References: <200301312312.h0VNC5bQ007170@apollo.backplane.com> <3E3B1381.8050207@acm.org> <200302010150.h111oRFL007906@apollo.backplane.com> <3E3F438A.5040500@acm.org> <200302040651.h146p8Td041269@apollo.backplane.com>
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Firewire
Another EPIA M 9000 update. The built-in firewire works flawlessly under
FreeBSD 4.x (firewire.ko and sbp.ko modules). When I connect up a
firewire HD I get 30MB/s+ out of it. The same HD has a USB2.0 connector
but for some reason I only get around 1MB/s via USB, even though FreeBSD
seems to understand that it is USB 2.0.
Unfortunately I was not able to boot the HD via the firewire or the USB.
I don't know why, the BIOS has options for USB booting but it doesn't
see the drive for some reason.
Power consumption
I also found a document that gave definitive power consumption
for various EPIA systems:
http://www.viamainboard.com/product/3/4/EPIA%20M%20Operating%20Guidelines.pdf
Summary:
EPIA M 9000 17-25W
EPIA M E6000 16-22W
EPIA 800 11-20W
EPIA 5000 9-15W (5W idle, 15W playing DVD)
(this is non-inclusive of any hard drives)
Additional data point: My brother installed W2000 on one as a test and
it performs considerably better running photoshop then his old P3-450
running W98. All VIA supplied drivers installed without a hitch and
worked well, including the firewire driver, USB driver, video driver,
and sound driver. His IPod software and a netgear USB wireless unit
also installed without a hitch. (Which is quite amazing for Windows,
even though one had to reboot a dozen times during the installation
of the drivers. But, still, I am suitably impressed).
-Matt
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