From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 4 15:10:38 2008 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 DFC3516A41A for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:10:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD4BF13C4D3 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:10:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from zion.baldwin.cx (66-23-211-162.clients.speedfactory.net [66.23.211.162]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C05F1A4D80; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 07:10:38 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 09:36:41 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <47A5E647.5030203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47A5E647.5030203@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200802040936.41684.jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: "Melkor.kp" Subject: Re: Hardware suitable for freebsd 6.3 stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:10:39 -0000 On Sunday 03 February 2008 11:05:27 am Melkor.kp wrote: > Hello folks! > > I am new in the FreeBSD community, and I need to install a freebsd > remotely on a server via ssh so it's vital to know if the > freebsd stable 6.3 version will boot will boot with the machine > hardware. I don't know how normally the hardware list is presented when > freebsd community talk about these problems, so I will use the linux > lspci to show the machine hardware. Without device ID's one can't know for certain, but a machine of this age should be fine. > This is the output: > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge Host bridges, APICs, PCI-ISA bridges, and PCI-PCI bridges don't require special drivers, so they should all just work fine. > 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Unknown device 5337 (rev 80) > 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. > VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07) This should work fine with the ata(4) driver. > 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 > Controller (rev a0) > 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 > Controller (rev a0) > 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 > Controller (rev a0) > 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 > Controller (rev a0) > 00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) USB host controllers have a generic spec, so they should work fine with the normal USB drivers (uhci(4) and ehci(4)). > 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] > (rev 7c) vr(4) should support this. It supports Rhine-I/II/III parts. > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Chrome9 HC IGP > (rev 01) If the box is remote, then VGA doesn't matter, and it would be up to X to support this anyway. I think you should be fine and that the GENERIC kernel should boot fine on the box. -- John Baldwin