Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:14:51 +0100 From: "Philippe Lang" <philippe.lang@attiksystem.ch> To: "Ivan Voras" <ivoras@fer.hr>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard? Message-ID: <6C0CF58A187DA5479245E0830AF84F4218CD41@poweredge.attiksystem.ch> References: <45B445B8.2090804@skyhawk.ca> <ep34qt$frs$1@sea.gmane.org><6C0CF58A187DA5479245E0830AF84F421D171A@poweredge.attiksystem.ch> <ep3c4j$cc9$1@sea.gmane.org>
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owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: > Philippe Lang wrote: >> owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote: >>=20 >>>> 2) Can anyone suggest a well supported board with gigabit lan, >>>> onboard video, and PCIe expansion, that accepts Core2 Duo CPUs? >>> If you're willing to pay for it, server boards will suit you better. >>> For example something like this: >>>=20 >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBE.cf >> m=20 >>=20 >> This board ships with a 82563EB network controller, which is AFAIK >> not supported under FreeBSD yet. I haven't tested it, so maybe I'm >> wrong?=20 >>=20 >> Latest intel drivers vresion 6.2.9 says:... >=20 > I can't reliably explain it. Maybe I've got an OEM version with some > other NIC or someone stuck an additional NIC in it before it got to > me. Or maybe the documentation or the driver are wrong :)=20 Hum, that means LAN works on a SuperMicro X7DBE motherboard? That's really good news! I was hesitating buying one, because of the supposed lack of 82563EB support, but I see I'm wrong. Can anyone explain how this chip could be supported, even if not mentioned in the driver itself and in the documentation? Ivan, do you have the opportunity to open your server, and check what LAN chip there is inside? Thanks, bye Philippe Lang
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