From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 01:57:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 386A216A4CE for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:57:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from aaryn.lunarpages.com (aaryn.lunarpages.com [216.193.217.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 142AE43D53 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:57:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from solita2@solitarylight.com) Received: from 68-173-147-104.nyc.rr.com ([68.173.147.104] helo=bsd.nyc.rr.com) by aaryn.lunarpages.com with smtp (Exim 4.42) id 1C9wNi-0006f9-7p for freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:57:18 -0700 Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:50:06 -0500 From: John Wilson To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040921215006.02385d26.solita2@solitarylight.com> In-Reply-To: <200409170920.32739.peter@wemm.org> References: <20040915003915.2489d1b0.solita2@solitarylight.com> <200409151107.19224.groot@kde.org> <200409170920.32739.peter@wemm.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - aaryn.lunarpages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - solitarylight.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Mainboard suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 01:57:02 -0000 Hello all, First off, I would just like to thank everyone who replied to my initial inquery both here on the list as well as via e-mail. Trying to choose an AMD64 mainboard has, literally, been a virtual nightmare. All of my previous home built machines have always centered on Intel CPU's and Intel brand mainboards. For whatever reasons, I've always been wary of other manufacturers. At any rate, I think I've stabilized my choice on the ABit KV8 Pro mainboard. Many of the reviews that I've read seem to value this board quite well, and from what I've been able to gather from various other sources, it is well supported in FreeBSD. In regard to the ALC850 audio, it does appear to be supported via generic ac97. Grep'ing /usr/src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/ac97.h shows this. Based on a quick google search, it appears to be one of the better onboard implementations to boot, which is nice. The VT6122 GB Ethernet also appears to be supported by the 'vge' driver. The rest of the board is rather standard stuff. All of this is truly wonderful, but my hesitation remains in a few other key areas. ABit doesn't seem to have the following as say, Asus or MSI. I do understand that this really means nothing in itself, and based on the reviews that I've read it does seem like a nice board. However, I've not been able to find that much information on -personal- experiences with this board in semi-long term... terms. Is anyone here running this mainboard? If so, what are your impressions of it? Good, bad? Anything anyone else can add would be most appreciated. : ) Thank you, John Wilson.