From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 22 05:22:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C97F9106564A for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:22:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F4FE8FC0C for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:22:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (c-67-180-24-15.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.180.24.15]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3M5MHCd093341 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:22:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4F939583.9020408@freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:22:11 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.28) Gecko/20120306 Thunderbird/3.1.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Barney Cordoba References: <1335008989.85136.YahooMailClassic@web126004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1335008989.85136.YahooMailClassic@web126004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 on Newer MBs X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:22:25 -0000 On 4/21/12 4:49 AM, Barney Cordoba wrote: > For a variety of reasons I have a client stuck on FreeBSD 7.0 and they're interested in getting a MB that uses the latest CPUS. They're just using the console, so there are no graphics; can someone provide insight as to whether this would be expected to work without serious problems? "should" but I'd find one somewhere and try a thumb drive out on it. 7.0 is not so far in the past that there has been any big architectural change that affects the kernel. some drivers may not run in the most optimal way. (some sata stuff for example) bit it should run. > BC > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >