From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 08:11:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9837837B401 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 08:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from symbion.srrc.usda.gov (symbion.srrc.usda.gov [199.133.86.40]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F274643F75 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 08:11:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjohnson@srrc.ars.usda.gov) Received: from node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by symbion.srrc.usda.gov (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4UFBndK058473 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 10:11:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from glenn@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov) Received: (from glenn@localhost)h4UFBm0w058386 for hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 30 May 2003 10:11:48 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 10:11:48 -0500 From: Glenn Johnson To: hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030530151148.GA57241@node1.cluster.srrc.usda.gov> Mail-Followup-To: hardware@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: AMD motherboards X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 15:11:53 -0000 I am getting ready to upgrade a system with a new motherboard. It will be a board for an AMD-XP processor. It seems all of the boards I have looked at have a lot of integrated stuff I do not want but I have a few questions about FreeBSD support. [1] Do any of the onboard audio systems work with FreeBSD? [2] Do any of the onboard RAID controllers (Promise) work with FreeBSD? Are they worthwhile? [3] What is the level of support for SATA in FreeBSD? [4] Any particular boards to avoid? Any particular boards that are better than others? Thanks in advance for any input. -- Glenn Johnson