From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 00:00:57 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34AE516A469 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: from web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com (web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com [69.147.97.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB0C113C4E9 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from barney_cordoba@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 26075 invoked by uid 60001); 26 Nov 2007 23:34:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=rQsgezOZskTT2Z1hPD8eW1Z0InVi7Qj5A+4q/oIqkI1Yi9qvZn+bU60v+bXouPucbaYW7ZZuELONvmcnpdLtzWCd8NsandjmZb92XUnf/gA20eXgE4KXrebxyvuZH7SIkziKBL+Fzd5MfUXDnVfWMT9iehH9iZnv4F3w5T0HC20=; X-YMail-OSG: QHmEGtIVM1maDVTjsBsmu3go4yvS9aX2zjXo90KQDis3_QYzNsRDcSw4q4KelK0y5Q-- Received: from [98.203.28.38] by web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:34:15 PST Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:34:15 -0800 (PST) From: Barney Cordoba To: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <200711211416.lALEGv6O040459@lava.sentex.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <879807.25183.qm@web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any successful installs on a Broadcom HT1000 chipset? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:57 -0000 --- Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 07:26 AM 11/21/2007, Barney Cordoba wrote: > >I've done a bit of research and it seems that this > >chipset has been ignored for years now by the > FreeBSD > >team. Whats the reasoning for a major chipset used > by > > I think you are jumping to conclusions. I have a > HT1000 chipset > board and have been using it just fine for some > time. > (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-November/079920.html) > There obviously are some cases were it does not, so > its harder to > track down than just a case of spending $150. If > you do have such a > board that does not work, perhaps make the offer of > sending the > problem board to a developer who is interested in > fixing the issue. > > ---Mike Hello Mike, It "works" in 6.x, albeit not in SATA mode, which kind of detracts from using a really, really fast SATA chipset. FreeBSD 7 doesn't work at all on the chipset in any mode that can be set in the bios. You just get signal 11s all over the place, bad file reads, etc. Barney ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ