Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:46:32 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <bsd@perimeter.co.za> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, "Feliks J.Welfeld" <Feliks_J_Welfeld@bigfoot.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on the Asus A7N266-VM motherboard Message-ID: <00d701c2533f$8eb24cd0$b50d030a@PATRICK> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020902212048.00a5d9a0@pop.broadband.rogers.com>
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From: "Feliks J.Welfeld" <Feliks_J_Welfeld@bigfoot.com>
> I want to setup inexpensive FreeBSD box, and I am looking at
> Asus A7N266-VM motherboard, which has good price/performance
> ratio, and has positive reviews coming from the Windoze world.
I am running the same MoBo, with Athlon XP 1700+
> It uses Nvidia nForce 220D chipset, which integrates video
> adapter, audio ( i810 compatible ) and seemingly exotic
> Ethernet MAC.
Mine does NOT have the NIC chipset option. I have installed an SMC NIC
which runs off the 'dc' driver. IIRC, the MoBo should have a Realtek
PHY chipset, which is not at all "exotic". But, I speak under
correction here... _IF_ that is the chipset, then the 'rl' driver in
GENERIC should drive it fine.
> Did anybody tried to install FreeBSD on such motherboard?
> With success?
Yes :)
> How difficult would it be to adapt Linux driver for the MAC
> ( provided in source by Nvidia ) to FreeBSD? I know, I can
> get supported NIC for less than $15, but why not to use the
> stuff which is there?
I can't comment on this last bit :(
Regards,
Patrick O'Reilly.
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