From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 17 07:33:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6785A16A4CE for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:33:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web41113.mail.yahoo.com (web41113.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.29]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2410343D31 for ; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:33:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd_mailing@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040917073334.12951.qmail@web41113.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.172.21.201] by web41113.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:33:33 PDT Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:33:33 -0700 (PDT) From: borg To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="0-2047907957-1095406413=:12822" Subject: VIA Epia ME-6000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 07:33:34 -0000 --0-2047907957-1095406413=:12822 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Id: Content-Disposition: inline Greatings, I would like to share/add to the list of working mini-itx motherboard; a mobo that I purchased recently. I did a thorough searching before buying any part. Despite lots of disappointments mentioned on the mailing list about the "vr(4)" interface not-working/misbehaving, Or buildworld problems/erros. or other sad stories. Seems I survived the crash. It's been running 5.3-BETA4 for a couple of days now with no problem. I hope that I would benefit someone who's running into trouble picking a low profile system that can serve a small home/business. + Objective: Run: Bind9, PF and NAT, DHCP, Postfix, Apache. I'm not planning to run X on this box, it's solely used as a server. + System Info: Case: Travla C138-90W Black. (riser cards included) motherboard: VIA EPIA-ME6000 (Fanless) @ 600MHz + Add-ons: RAM: Crucial 512MB, 186-pin DIMM, DDR PC2100 Unbuffered, CL2.5 HardDrive: Toshiba MK8026GAX SuperSlim 80GB/5400RPM/12ms/16MB buffer. Network: Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter. DVD-ROM: 8x SLIM DVD ROM (WITH ADAPTER) ### Hint: The default CMOS has many options disabled by default. I went into each menu and enabled/disabled what I wanted. when I booted at first it showed half screen with non-crispy fonts, check CMOS option CRT/LCD to correct the problem. I have a small kit that I installed between the power outlet and the box's power adapter to monitor electricity usage: minimum load: 25WATT "idle" that's around 0.86 KWH ! maximum load: 35WATT "during buildworld, heavy activity" Despite the CPU's low horse power ( which is the main purpose of building this box) and the hard disk's low RPMs, I was amazed by the hard drive's 16MB buffer. It compensates for the difference. As long you are not doing "buildworld" on this machine, you will notice the counterbalancing in the HDD read/right speed which makes this machine a good candidate for a mail server. Not to mention the benefits of running a BSD Server at low-wattage/low-power and with a fanless CPU. In the future, I will enable NFS and mount a file system on a faster machine I have and do the buildworld/buildkernel there, then do the instalworld / installkernel on the mini-itx box. This should save a lot of time. The dual port NIC I installed is for NAT. I'm setting a Private/Public DNS with Multiple Views. I have a gigabit switch and my home LAN machines all have gigabit NICs. I could have used the built-in via LAN 10/100. for my external interface "WAN" and attach only a single port gigabit NIC to my gigabit LAN switch. There is no benefit in having my outside interface <==> modem but what the heck. :) I'm attaching the "dmesg" and "pciconf -vl" for anybody who needs more details on the hardware. Cheers, - Ayman Zarka ===== "UNIX, it's a way of life." __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --0-2047907957-1095406413=:12822 Content-Type: text/plain; name="dmesg.mini.txt" Content-Description: dmesg.mini.txt Content-Disposition: inline; filename="dmesg.mini.txt" Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 5.3-BETA4 #0: Thu Sep 16 16:03:36 PDT 2004 user@example.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/Eden-C3 Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: VIA C3 Samuel 2 (599.90-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3 Features=0x803035 real memory = 503250944 (479 MB) avail memory = 482795520 (460 MB) npx0: [FAST] npx0: on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface acpi0: on motherboard acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0 cpu0: on acpi0 acpi_button0: on acpi0 pcib0: port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: on pcib0 agp0: mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 pcib1: at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: on pcib1 pci1: at device 0.0 (no driver attached) fwohci0: port 0xd000-0xd07f mem 0xeb0c1000-0xeb0c17ff irq 5 at device 13.0 on pci0 fwohci0: OHCI version 1.0 (ROM=1) fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4. fwohci0: EUI64 "some MAC Address" fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 2 ports. fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes. firewire0: on fwohci0 fwe0: on firewire0 if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: "some MAC Address" fwe0: Ethernet address: "some MAC Address" fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant sbp0: on firewire0 fwohci0: Initiate bus reset fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me) firewire0: bus manager 0 (me) uhci0: port 0xd400-0xd41f irq 11 at device 16.0 on pci0 uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb0: on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci1: port 0xd800-0xd81f irq 5 at device 16.1 on pci0 uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb1: on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered uhci2: port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 10 at device 16.2 on pci0 uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED] usb2: on uhci2 usb2: USB revision 1.0 uhub2: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered pci0: at device 16.3 (no driver attached) isab0: at device 17.0 on pci0 isa0: on isab0 atapci0: port 0xe000-0xe00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 17.1 on pci0 ata0: channel #0 on atapci0 ata1: channel #1 on atapci0 vr0: port 0xe400-0xe4ff mem 0xeb0c0000-0xeb0c00ff irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0 miibus0: on vr0 ukphy0: on miibus0 ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto vr0: Ethernet address: "some MAC Address" em0: port 0xe800-0xe83f mem 0xeb000000-0xeb03ffff,0xeb0a0000-0xeb0bffff irq 5 at device 20.0 on pci0 em0: Ethernet address: "some MAC Address" em0: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A em1: port 0xec00-0xec3f mem 0xeb040000-0xeb07ffff,0xeb080000-0xeb09ffff irq 10 at device 20.1 on pci0 em1: Ethernet address: "some MAC Address" em1: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A fdc0: port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 sio1: type 16550A ppc0 port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppbus0: on ppc0 plip0: on ppbus0 lpt0: on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: on ppbus0 atkbdc0: port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4 pmtimer0 on isa0 sc0: at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300> vga0: at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 Timecounter "TSC" frequency 599898351 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec em0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 2 steps (100% to 50.0%), currently 100.0% ad0: 76319MB [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 ATAPI_RESET time = 660us acd0: DVDROM at ata1-master UDMA33 Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a em0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex --0-2047907957-1095406413=:12822 Content-Type: text/plain; name="pciconf-vl.mini.txt" Content-Description: pciconf-vl.mini.txt Content-Disposition: inline; filename="pciconf-vl.mini.txt" agp0@pci0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0xaa011106 chip=0x31231106 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT8623 Apollo CLE266 CastleRock CPU to PCI Bridge' class = bridge subclass = HOST-PCI pcib1@pci0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000080 chip=0xb0911106 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT8633 Apollo Pro 266 CPU to AGP Controller' class = bridge subclass = PCI-PCI fwohci0@pci0:13:0: class=0x0c0010 card=0x30441106 chip=0x30441106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT6306 VIA Fire II IEEE-1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller' class = serial bus subclass = FireWire uhci0@pci0:16:0: class=0x0c0300 card=0x30381106 chip=0x30381106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (All VIA Chipsets)' class = serial bus subclass = USB uhci1@pci0:16:1: class=0x0c0300 card=0x30381106 chip=0x30381106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (All VIA Chipsets)' class = serial bus subclass = USB uhci2@pci0:16:2: class=0x0c0300 card=0x30381106 chip=0x30381106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (All VIA Chipsets)' class = serial bus subclass = USB none0@pci0:16:3: class=0x0c0320 card=0x31041106 chip=0x31041106 rev=0x82 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT6202 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller' class = serial bus subclass = USB isab0@pci0:17:0: class=0x060100 card=0xaa011106 chip=0x31771106 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT8235 PCI to ISA Bridge' class = bridge subclass = PCI-ISA atapci0@pci0:17:1: class=0x01018a card=0xaa011106 chip=0x05711106 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT82xxxx EIDE Controller (All VIA Chipsets)' class = mass storage subclass = ATA vr0@pci0:18:0: class=0x020000 card=0x01021106 chip=0x30651106 rev=0x74 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT6102 Rhine II PCI Fast Ethernet Controller' class = network subclass = ethernet em0@pci0:20:0: class=0x020000 card=0x11798086 chip=0x10798086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller' class = network subclass = ethernet em1@pci0:20:1: class=0x020000 card=0x11798086 chip=0x10798086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller' class = network subclass = ethernet none1@pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x31221106 chip=0x31221106 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc' device = 'VT8623 Apollo CLE266 CastleRock AGP 8X Controller' class = display subclass = VGA --0-2047907957-1095406413=:12822--