From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 22 04:07:25 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10DC416A419 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:07:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achilov-rn@askd.ru) Received: from master.askd.ru (master.askd.ru [80.242.75.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731C913C481 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:07:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from achilov-rn@askd.ru) Received: from to-495.askd.gmbh (IDENT:shelton@sentry [192.168.1.94]) by master.askd.ru (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l9M478l6026149 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:07:08 +0700 (NOVST) (envelope-from achilov-rn@askd.ru) From: "Rashid N. Achilov" Organization: =?koi8-r?b?7+/v?= "=?koi8-r?b?4fMt88nT1MXNwQ==?= =?koi8-r?b?IOvPzdDMxcvT?=" To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:07:06 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200710191613.18043.achilov-rn@askd.ru> <471AA9D4.8090003@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <471AA9D4.8090003@paradise.net.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200710221107.06708.achilov-rn@askd.ru> Subject: Re: Support of VIA Apollo Pro in 6.x is completely broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Achilov, Rashid" List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:07:25 -0000 On Sunday 21 October 2007, Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Hmm interesting - I couldn't actually find any specs for a G*B*-6VA+ > (only a GA-6VA+)... is it a VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset with slot-1 > P-II/III? Sorry, of course GA-6VA+. It is VIA Apollo Pro with Socket 370. Description at http://tw.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1442 > > If so I've run 6.x (a while ago so probably 6.0 or 6.1) on a Tyan > Trinity 400 (same chipset and cpu support)... and I used a 3Com > office-connect ethernet (xl based) card....without any issues. Maybe see > if Gigabyte have a more recent BIOS update for the board and update one > of them and re-test! Newest BIOS for this mb is F8. These boxes already has F8. Some (at least three) boxes has completely similar troubles - so I think, it in chipset support. 4.5 has not ANY these troubles. > > On the ATA cable front, assuming the chipset is as I guessed, the ATA > controller is ATA-66 capable, so yeah, best to use an 80-wire cable and > get *some* IO speed out of these old things! Of course, best to use speedup. But, wheh I do not use, I shoud receive downgraded ,but working system, not false CRC ERROR! -- With Best Regards. Rashid N. Achilov (RNA1-RIPE), Web: http://www.askd.ru/~shelton OOO "ACK" telecommunications administrator, e-mail: achilov-rn [at] askd.ru PGP: 83 CD E2 A7 37 4A D5 81 D6 D6 52 BF C9 2F 85 AF 97 BE CB 0A