Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 22:28:26 +0100 From: dgmm <freebsd01@dgmm.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New motherboard advice Message-ID: <200506052228.27152.freebsd01@dgmm.net> In-Reply-To: <200506030017.35340.freebsd01@dgmm.net> References: <200506022209.31870.freebsd01@dgmm.net> <429F847B.8040402@wcborstel.nl> <200506030017.35340.freebsd01@dgmm.net>
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On Friday 03 June 2005 00:17, dgmm wrote: > Thanks for that confirmation. =A0The NIC is the least of the compatibility > worries. Plenty of decent spares lying around :-) Just an update. I bought a Foxconn 661FXME based on SiS 661FX chipset. Everything "just works" so far. Sound works from snd_ich Network is sis0 USB is detected but not tested yet. On board graphics is not fully tested but running at 1024x768 24bit with th= e=20 Xorg sis driver. No GL working (or it's just poor) but not thoroughly=20 checked/tested. Grphics speed and/or GL is not of any real interest and=20 there's still and AGP slot to plug in something more "meaty" if required. It's got a P4, 3.2GHz CPU and 512MB of DDR400 in it. I still need to optim= ize=20 the kernel. Should I be compiling SMP in for the hyperthreading thingummy? =2D-=20 Dave
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