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From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
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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?))
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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