From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 25 16:15:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A67106564A for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:15:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97ED68FC18 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:15:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so77977fxm.13 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:15:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=9JVkgG0zO+39sqEHs4QfWRAcU6mD1nkf+JXKVpm8S+4=; b=uXVYGu9+HlVUdeHBCEmeyM9TBcmrRdCNT6VCLuUngpphHE5gg+h2yi11cnXdNGChPd kQ2Cp922Q3mrP3UReMyfekOsQwPkNNTHfFkNO9CdnuBvGh6xQ8AyMm8bF3HNP+L7BIsl 3tRPcbgM87w6C0sV4ys8na8bzjZvt1RCmylq8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=lwoTpFAuJiyAwOiF0NgHpkdWTypTyEfceAosjrgsI3Dx3q4XbILvrhHFlRYxK6qz+r wiBnhgikpbdIoLQmpfHmYj2SvgpMGbl0t5rKq4S9AyXq4Lp1SGk0g1GY3mSVSIR8gSy/ sgwIhlXf7GiY+moVtre5q08kBewhLDh4GggjA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.183.84 with SMTP id t20mr67255hbg.54.1277482523311; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.239.142.20 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:15:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C249D60.2050103@icyb.net.ua> References: <4C249D60.2050103@icyb.net.ua> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:15:23 -0400 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Andriy Gapon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Charles Sprickman , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64 mainboard compatibility list X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:15:25 -0000 On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 25/06/2010 08:26 Charles Sprickman said the following: > > While trying to find how not to get burned like we did with some older > > oddball Supermicro boards, I came across this page: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html > > > > There is a request up top for new submissions (there are no 8.x > > entries), is feedback still wanted? If so, I've got a number of "bad" > > boards to add. > > It seems that the list is very outdated and not actively maintained. > > > I cannot stress enough how great it would be if this were updated. I'm > > server shopping at the moment and after running into various SMP and > > ACPI issues on some SM boards, I'm quite nervous about committing to any > > particular model or brand. > > Nowadays it is generally expected that any amd64 system should just work. > Well, > that should be "almost any", or "typical". There is nothing special about > amd64 > anymore. In certain aspects it's even "better" than i386. So, if > something > doesn't properly work, then it's "just" a bug that should be appropriately > reported. > > Just in case. Were the problems that you encountered amd64-specific? I.e. > did > they _not_ happen when you tried i386? > > -- > Andriy Gapon > _____________ > In the following page , http://www.asus.com/ContentPage.aspx?Content_Type=staticwebpage&Global=1&Content_Id=26 there is a link : http://www.asus.com/websites/global/aboutasus/OS/Linux.pdf In the Linux.pdf , there is a list of ASUS main boards tested and listed for Linux compatibility . Unfortunately , I do not know any FreeBSD related list which contains latest available boards tested for FreeBSD . At least , the above list gives an idea about possible board selections . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk