From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 30 18:16:25 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 229B616A4CF for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:16:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from TRANG.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D671143D5C for ; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:16:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by TRANG.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7UIGNRO021545; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:16:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i7UIGMWK021544; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:16:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:16:21 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: alan barrow Message-ID: <20040830181621.GC19044@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20040721024812.89751.qmail@web50605.mail.yahoo.com> <40FE2A55.9010001@psineteurope.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40FE2A55.9010001@psineteurope.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: anybody try a Newisys box? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:16:25 -0000 On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 09:33:25AM +0100, alan barrow wrote: > As far as I understand newisys make board level changes to add specific > functionality to the system. But the system is based on a tyan 2882 > mobo, with the IPMI card. VERY wrong. Newisys machines are from the ground up designed systems. In fact the Newisys Khepri 2100 was the first non-AMD AMD64 machine -- even before Taiwan, Inc. had mobos. The Newisys machines are the most advanced AMD64 systems in existance, except for the later released HP DL585. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)