From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 15 08:16:54 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 B425D16A41F for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:16:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from googl3meister@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EEEF43D5A for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:16:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from googl3meister@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so1024762wra for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:16:53 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=s/uBDU3l+X0rEMvdD7KPbZwoewhjl799VhGIwvIqOvFOkQKQ3i7pzcgY2gePsrWTp4EvW4PcsNFaUU0mg6cqI19Bz+I5W8rvlIJLN3En+bzP4+iL7pRVQ3IMzOKUZxKs7YeXAwSi1c3l6BnYYwzay0Uahb+4dNnqCRVKJy4f3Pw= Received: by 10.54.23.8 with SMTP id 8mr3453763wrw; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.31.35 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8f554029050815011672ec4a5a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:16:52 +1000 From: =?WINDOWS-1252?B?lSCV?= To: Juergen Lock In-Reply-To: <20050812205356.GA15463@saturn.kn-bremen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050812085823.645f5b39.kgunders@teamcool.net> <20050812205356.GA15463@saturn.kn-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: workstation mobo X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:16:54 -0000 On 8/13/05, Juergen Lock wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:58:23AM -0600, Ken Gunderson wrote: > > Greets All: > > > > I'm liking these amd opteron servers so much that I am considering > > building an amd based workstationn. Assumed it would be Athalon based > > but in searching archives I note that some folks seem to prefer the > > opterons for workstation use. Perhaps to some degree in reaction > > to the "chipset mess". I'm not averse to spending a bit more for the > > opteron system but it seems to me the Opteron's CPU heatsink/fan might > > be a bit noisy for workstation use. And I have buddies shouting in my > > ear to "stick w/ Intel" for workstation. But then I also know others > > who run AMD for their desktop machines. Any recommends based on curren= t > > state of affairs in the ADM hardware world? >=20 > I just got a new box with an Asus A8V Deluxe board (VIA K8T800 Pro, > Socket 939), and so far everything seems to be working. The only > unusual thing i had to do for FreeBSD (5.4-R) was adding a patch > to the sk nic driver (see other thread.) >=20 Update on ASUS A8V Deluxe for archives I installed 5.4-RELEASE about April (2005) and track 5-Stable on that hardware straight from CVS - never had a prob with sk0 yet, it's worked since day one with no boot time errors. -- cheers gm