From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 21 16:38:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBDAC106566C for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:38:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@benquick.net) Received: from linux.benquick.net (qwssltd.force9.co.uk [81.174.151.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335058FC08 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:38:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (linux.benquick.net [192.168.0.10]) by linux.benquick.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DB835C21 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:19:05 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4CE94679.1010104@benquick.net> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:19:05 +0000 From: Ben Quick User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Hardware support for Shuttle SX38P2 Pro X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:38:39 -0000 Hi all, This is the first question I've asked on here, hopefully I've got all the required detail in. I'm thinking of buying a Shuttle SX38P2 Pro (http://www.shuttle.eu/products/mini-pc/sx38p2-pro/specification/) to run FreeBSD 8.1 onwards. I'll be using the machine as a desktop and home server. A bit of coding, nothing special, and running a few jails. But, before making the purchase I want to make sure the hardware is supported. From the Shuttle spec sheet above, the sound card mentions ALC888DD and the FreeBSD supported hardware list states that ALC888 is supported under snd_hda. Is the 'DD' important? Would sound still work? My assumption is that sound would work, but I'd possibly lose the surround sound or something? The NIC appears to be Marvell 88E8056, which seems to have full support using the msk driver. I've never heard of this manufacturer before, there aren't any gotchas I need to be aware of are there? There are two things on the Shuttle spec sheet that I'm unsure of. They are: * Intel X38 Express (MCH) + ICH9R (I/O Conroller Hub) * Intel Matrix Storage Technology I don't really know what either of them are. I'm assuming the Matrix Storage is the RAID controller. Is this supported? If not, I'll just use gmirror, but will obviously have to be able to access the disks in the first instance. From the Shuttle spec sheet, I can't tell what video card is installed. Does anybody know? Is it supported? Initially, I'll be using only one monitor, but would intend to have both outputs in use in the longer term. Sorry, I know there's a lot of questions in there, but I've been unable to find the answered for myself so far. If anyone could shed any light on this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! Ben