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Date:      Mon, 13 Nov 2023 06:46:10 +0100
From:      Daniel Engberg <daniel.engberg.lists@pyret.net>
To:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Paul Floyd <paulf2718@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Motherboards for Ryzen 9 (was: Trying initial boot of FreeBSD (main so: 15) of Ryzen 9 7950X3D on an ASUS Prime X670-P WIFI: various dmesg -a lines; more)
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On 2023-11-13T00:22:31.000+01:00, Greg 'groggy' Lehey
<grog@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:

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Hi,

Nice! So the =
sata controller gets initialized correctly even on newer
BIOS versions? D=
oes the Realtek NIC work ootb or do you need to use
the driver in ports t=
ree? 2.5G switches aren't that uncommon these
days,

https://www.zyxe=
l.com/global/en/products/switch/5-8-port-2-5gbe-unmanaged-switch-mg100-seri=
es

https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/12-port-unmanaged-m=
ulti-gigabit-switch-with-2-port-2-5g-and-2-port-10g-sfp-xgs1010-12

htt=
ps://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/12-port-web-managed-multi-giga=
bit-switch-with-2-port-2-5g-and-2-port-10g-sfp-xgs1210-12

https://www.=
zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/12-port-web-managed-multi-gigabit-switc=
h-includes-3-port-10g-and-1-port-10g-sfp-xgs1250-12

https://www.zyxel.=
com/global/en/products/switch/24-port-2-5g-multi-gig-lite-l3-smart-managed-=
switch-with-6-10g-uplinks-xmg1930-series

https://www.netgear.com/busin=
ess/wired/switches/unmanaged/ms105/

https://geizhals.de/?cat=3Dswitchg=
i&xf=3D13266_2G5

Just to mention a few :)

Best regards,

Dani=
el



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<div>On 2023-11-13T00:22:31.000+01:00, Greg 'groggy' Lehey &lt;grog@FreeBSD=
.org&gt; wrote:<br></div><div class=3D"ik_mail_quote answerContentMessage">=
<blockquote class=3D"ws-ng-quote"><pre style=3D"white-space: normal;"><div>=
On Sunday, 12 November 2023 at 13:49:49 +0100, Paul Floyd wrote:<br></div><=
blockquote class=3D"ws-ng-quote"><div>  On 12-11-23 11:35, Daniel Engberg w=
rote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"ws-ng-quote"><div> <br></div><div> On S=
unday, 12 November 2023 at  9:46:18 +0100, Paul Floyd wrote:<br></div><bloc=
kquote class=3D"ws-ng-quote"><div> <br></div><div> MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk<b=
r></div></blockquote><div> <br></div><div> The MSI board looks decent I gue=
ss, the x16/x4/x2 layout isn't great but<br></div><div> it's not horrible e=
ither depending on your use case. Never looked into<br></div><div> their li=
neup due to lack of a decent builtin NIC. You can get a separate<br></div><=
div> one but it's still an additional cost and takes of at least one PCIe s=
lot.<br></div></blockquote></blockquote><div> <br></div><div>FWIW, I've jus=
t got a machine with this motherboard.  It seemed the<br></div><div>best op=
tion available to me at the time, and I haven't had any issues<br></div><di=
v>with it.  Yes, the silly NIC (where do you find 2.5 Gb/s hubs?) is<br></d=
iv><div>irritating, but I need 2 NICs anyway, so putting in a second wasn't=
 an<br></div><div>issue.  I also couldn't find any motherboard that fitted =
the other<br></div><div>requirements and didn't have this NIC.<br></div><di=
v><br></div><div>Greg<br></div><div>--<br></div><div>Sent from my desktop c=
omputer.<br></div><div>See complete headers for address and phone numbers.<=
br></div><div>This message is digitally signed.  If your Microsoft mail pro=
gram<br></div><div>reports problems, please read <a data-ik=3D"ik-secure" r=
el=3D"noopener noreferrer" class=3D"defaultMailLink" href=3D"http://lemis.c=
om/broken-MUA.php" target=3D"_blank">http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php</a><br=
></div></pre></blockquote></div><div>Hi,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Nice!=
 So the sata controller gets initialized correctly even on newer BIOS versi=
ons? Does the Realtek NIC work ootb or do you need to use the driver in por=
ts tree? 2.5G switches aren't that uncommon these days,<br></div><div><br><=
/div><div><a href=3D"https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/5-8-po=
rt-2-5gbe-unmanaged-switch-mg100-series" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener =
noreferrer" data-ik=3D"ik-secure">https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/=
switch/5-8-port-2-5gbe-unmanaged-switch-mg100-series</a><br></div><div><a h=
ref=3D"https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/12-port-unmanaged-mu=
lti-gigabit-switch-with-2-port-2-5g-and-2-port-10g-sfp-xgs1010-12" target=
=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-ik=3D"ik-secure">https://www.z=
yxel.com/global/en/products/switch/12-port-unmanaged-multi-gigabit-switch-w=
ith-2-port-2-5g-and-2-port-10g-sfp-xgs1010-12</a><br></div><div><a href=3D"=
https://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/12-port-web-managed-multi-g=
igabit-switch-with-2-port-2-5g-and-2-port-10g-sfp-xgs1210-12" target=3D"_bl=
ank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-ik=3D"ik-secure">https://www.zyxel.co=
m/global/en/products/switch/12-port-web-managed-multi-gigabit-switch-with-2=
-port-2-5g-and-2-port-10g-sfp-xgs1210-12</a><br></div><div><a href=3D"https=
://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/12-port-web-managed-multi-gigabi=
t-switch-includes-3-port-10g-and-1-port-10g-sfp-xgs1250-12" target=3D"_blan=
k" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-ik=3D"ik-secure">https://www.zyxel.com/=
global/en/products/switch/12-port-web-managed-multi-gigabit-switch-includes=
-3-port-10g-and-1-port-10g-sfp-xgs1250-12</a><br></div><div><a href=3D"http=
s://www.zyxel.com/global/en/products/switch/24-port-2-5g-multi-gig-lite-l3-=
smart-managed-switch-with-6-10g-uplinks-xmg1930-series" target=3D"_blank" r=
el=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-ik=3D"ik-secure">https://www.zyxel.com/glob=
al/en/products/switch/24-port-2-5g-multi-gig-lite-l3-smart-managed-switch-w=
ith-6-10g-uplinks-xmg1930-series</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href=
=3D"https://www.netgear.com/business/wired/switches/unmanaged/ms105/" targe=
t=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-ik=3D"ik-secure">https://www.=
netgear.com/business/wired/switches/unmanaged/ms105/</a><br></div><div><br>=
</div><div><a href=3D"https://geizhals.de/?cat=3Dswitchgi&amp;xf=3D13266_2G=
5" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" data-ik=3D"ik-secure">http=
s://geizhals.de/?cat=3Dswitchgi&amp;xf=3D13266_2G5</a><br></div><div><br></=
div><div>Just to mention a few :)<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards=
,<br></div><div>Daniel<br></div><div ><div><br></div></div>


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