From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Nov 2 00:08:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA19952 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 00:08:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA19936; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 00:08:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (mark@localhost.grondar.za [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.8.2/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA24576; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 10:08:36 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199611020808.KAA24576@grumble.grondar.za> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Looking for motherboard... Date: Sat, 02 Nov 1996 10:08:31 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi I saw discussed on this (?) list a few days ago a Giga-Byte motherboard called a GA586DX, so I investigated further. I have some questions, please :-) : 1) The board has sockets for two Pentium processors. Do the SMP crowd support this board? (It uses a 82430HX - is that Triton-II?) 2) The ram supported is "Fast Page Mode" or "EDO". What does this mean, and if it is a choice, which is more appropriate to FreeBSD? 3) It has on-board an Adaptec 7880 chip. Will the be recognised by FreeBSD, and if so, as what? (AHC?) 4) What does a UMC8669/SMC669 I/O chip do? Serial/Parallel I/O? Thanks! M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key