Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 13:54:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Bob Willcox <bob@luke.pmr.com> To: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Triton-II chipset support? Message-ID: <199604141854.NAA07380@luke.pmr.com> In-Reply-To: <199604141847.AA08934@FileServ1.MI.Uni-Koeln.DE> from Stefan Esser at "Apr 14, 96 08:47:18 pm"
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Stefan Esser wrote:
> On Apr 12, 17:28, Bob Willcox wrote:
> } Subject: Triton-II chipset support?
> } Does FreeBSD -current and/or -stable support the Triton-II chipset?
> } I have a fileserver that I would truly like to upgrade to a
> } motherboard with the Triton-II chipset so that I can use parity/ECC
> } memory in it. I plan to give this a try sometime this weekend (on
> } a test system :-)) but was wondering what experiences others may
> } have had.
>
> Is the Triton II finally out ?
Yes, I picked up a motherboard last Friday.
>
> Last I heard, there were boards
> announced, but none sold ...
>
> Anyway, I expect FreeBSD to work
> just fine with the Triton II.
>
> The BIOS has to do all the setup
> (and the kernel doesn't bother to
> mess around with those settings),
> so no patches ought to be required.
I have installed the MB in my -current system and it seems to be
running fine. I do get different some boot messages:
New MB:
chip0 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=1250 subclass=0)> rev 1 on pci0:0
chip1 <generic PCI bridge (vendor=8086 device=7000 subclass=1)> rev 0 on pci0:7
pci0:7: Intel Corporation, device=0x7010, class=storage (ide) [no driver assigned]
vs.
Old MB:
chip0 <Intel 82437 (Triton) PCI cache memory controller> rev 2 on pci0:0
chip1 <Intel 82371 (Triton) PCI-ISA bridge> rev 2 on pci0:7
pci0:7: Intel Corporation, device=0x1230, class=storage (ide) [no driver assigned]
>
> If you find any problems, then let
> me know and I'll look into this ...
None so far. My plans, however, are to eventually install this MB
in my fileserver system which is running 2.1-stable. Hopefully it
will work ok there as well.
Thanks,
--
Bob Willcox
bob@luke.pmr.com
Austin, TX
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