From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 3 19:16:42 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org 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 D403516A41F for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 19:16:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from hood.oook.cz (hood.oook.cz [195.250.137.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08A8043D45 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 19:16:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from ikaros.oook.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hood.oook.cz (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jA3JGdHW005030 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:16:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from pav@localhost) by ikaros.oook.cz (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id jA3JGcTu005029; Thu, 3 Nov 2005 20:16:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: ikaros.oook.cz: pav set sender to pav@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Pav Lucistnik To: Roland Smith In-Reply-To: <20051103191308.GA14713@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <947F0ED4-0D57-4B7E-AC5D-41C3E4A664F5@buebo.de> <20051103191308.GA14713@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-cKJGxk6YA5jlXGF0C0J6" Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:16:38 +0100 Message-Id: <1131045398.4446.4.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: Felix 'buebo' Kakrow , freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mainboard for amd64 (and some other questions) X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pav@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 19:16:42 -0000 --=-cKJGxk6YA5jlXGF0C0J6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Roland Smith p=ED=B9e v =E8t 03. 11. 2005 v 20:13 +0100: > On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 06:40:05PM +0100, Felix 'buebo' Kakrow wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking for a Mainboard for an amd64 desktop machine. I know the =20 > > list of supported mainboards on freebsd.org and I'f tried to find a =20 > > something with google, but the combination of PCI-Express and fully =20 > > (or even mostly) supported seems to be very hard to find. >=20 > AFAIK, FreeBSD nor Xorg supports PCI-Express yet. The happy existence of a PCI-Express based Geforce card in my coworker's FreeBSD workstation would suggest otherwise. > > Iam looking for board with a fast chipset (something like the =20 > > nForce4), SATA, gigabit ethernet and sound on-board supported in =20 > > RELENG-6. >=20 > Avoid nForce chipsets; they don't work well with most free OS/s. Avoid nForce 2 and 3 series. nForce 4 seems to be quite okay. > > Can anybody recommend a mainboard? >=20 > Anything with a VIA K8T800 will work well. I've used an MSI NEO FSR > (MS-6702) and a Asus A8V DeLuxe, and they both work. http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html --=20 Pav Lucistnik Squish. Larger than the normal icky things, and twice as icky. --=-cKJGxk6YA5jlXGF0C0J6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDamIWntdYP8FOsoIRAv3KAKC98J9wIDLUr+jP/KqATVnM9UC5CgCgnMvi L89xHFOlGBhzfdxw3EM0JLw= =zbte -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-cKJGxk6YA5jlXGF0C0J6--