From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 11 07:42:20 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 906FE16A41C for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:42:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flz@xbsd.org) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org (xbsd.org [82.233.2.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25FFA43D1F for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:42:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from flz@xbsd.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E198711B9A; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:47:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.xbsd.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (srv1.xbsd.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 09601-05; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:47:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from cream.xbsd.org (cream.xbsd.org [192.168.42.6]) by smtp.xbsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D124B11B89; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:47:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Florent Thoumie To: Adriaan de Groot In-Reply-To: <200506102201.38517.groot@kde.org> References: <99389684.20050610003512@molecon.ru> <20050610092126.L32309@zoraida.natserv.net> <200506102201.38517.groot@kde.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-L6utk9OdoBr3mqyre51F" Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:42:13 +0200 Message-Id: <1118475733.679.7.camel@cream.xbsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xbsd.org Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What kind of MotherBoard is better for FreeBsd and linux? 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: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 07:42:20 -0000 --=-L6utk9OdoBr3mqyre51F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le Vendredi 10 juin 2005 =E0 22:01 +0200, Adriaan de Groot a =E9crit : > Case in point: I just got an Asus A8N-SLI (an accident on the fscking=20 > university administration where my order for an A8V goes through 6 layers= of=20 > clueless bureaucracy to get to the store -- I guess there was some Greek=20 > interpretation somewhere along the line) which is nForce4 based. Now, for= =20 > 5-stable users, you get: >=20 > 1) Won't boot 5.3-R amd64 > 2) In 5.3-R i386, is missing SATA RAID ('cause it's a Sil3114 which isn't= =20 > supported on any platform as RAID, but does manage to squeak by as a regu= lar=20 > SATA controller) and missing the onboard NIC (since nve is 6-CURRENT) 5-STABLE is not 5.3-R. > Unfortunately I didn't have my 5.4-R CDs with me to try it with either. S= till,=20 > this board is listed as "fully functional" on the motherboards page, whil= e it=20 > clearly isn't. Maybe for the original reporter who wants neither SATA RAI= D=20 > nor networking it's fine. I'll be happy to add some information to the Notes column should you provide any that it doesn't contain already. If you read this page carefully, you'll see I already mentioned the on-board controller and the SATA-RAID chipset. Note that there are two on-board ethernet controllers (sk(4) and nve(4)), and the former is well supported on 5.4. --=20 Florent Thoumie flz@xbsd.org --=-L6utk9OdoBr3mqyre51F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCqpXVMxEkbVFH3PQRAgOdAJ9Z8ecjUeKX+BgWhC302uISkzQVqwCeKAjb NtUU24e5fEX8gKtwX6sf3cc= =Hc51 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-L6utk9OdoBr3mqyre51F--