From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 3 06:35:06 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B37480C for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 06:35:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x243.google.com (mail-ig0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::243]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 306DD2260 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 06:35:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f195.google.com with SMTP id uq10so930261igb.2 for ; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:35:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=e0cZJUuKSN1axT0C0GtEgNMXtxprG0KrfU3XWOpFRgc=; b=OohyEEfYxz+Ifi5ZltLw0R2u3ZOesAXM4sYBEBDxN/Vc58YCR3jbtQopIzq28hMZ+o Uu7akPcFGRFeUI+yX3TSxPdtJSYKB3tPrmYwarMo6J0Sca+ag4YQipqSixqOrTXrl7ik BgW1g0RwULSrNuagE+x1CEJwJj8PfJ4iIUaVGMAXiNAyomBVnIYyyuIpVt+BqLIiJOFB kb1Ele0tSHrVzFG5p3JC0BGIv643ENwhUmP7WZhoX22ut37xDXOynjQF2iKH4aGwf1OO 1nSZTNcWnGGVIku7XIkTBHoeWgnwmFw9DPBxHWY2iOR9L63Lt3Wvl5af1dpAONQoHwW+ fq8g== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.43.202 with SMTP id y10mr24144759igl.10.1407047705635; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:35:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.7.203 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:35:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:35:05 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: sata port multiplier recommendations? From: Dieter BSD To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 06:35:06 -0000 I have a couple of the SII3726 sata port multipliers, and they have been working fairly well, but one of them appears to be dying fast. Looking around, I see that they are finally making PMs that claim to do sata-3 speeds. Do any of these work well with BSD? Any to avoid? Is it safe to assume that they work ok with sata-2 controllers? (until I get a newer faster controller) Needs to support NCQ, hotplug, FIS, ... From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 3 06:36:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75C28866 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 06:36:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x244.google.com (mail-ie0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::244]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A966227D for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 06:36:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f196.google.com with SMTP id rp18so1736781iec.11 for ; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XOM+KQgv3Rh/oOGwyH3Mw9r+ZXzMTydm3ddkJtuIP4M=; b=oC6u3o2c0XKJ0X22FZWFdMWyH3U4mnE2xO/4FXsJXtv3+NSrGOa91JRbia4EB8OM1g eLfoVLrz8t/sSRaShtXPt3pZn6IiJKSGmG+p5EiyY7SNYUZtLHm0SqTUA5qgCizAjF3K u0QonaTajguKNnPPVwyuBUBbvPD5BUEUDvAX1jcRJo3656Pg98VyXMS1QTJOw5yOY/Cj /m8V9RDTfCMIjlbD3A+q9EqY7yIjb1uN6m9JNrczGSGxTFoZd1Uph3LsNEraAtCDhJu2 UNSUWAO88jWjMwy0NPZNxtb3uhHjcc0s/dbqATq6M5DE9HhkXaN5hJA3589IG+EOc6iI sxMg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.43.6.195 with SMTP id ol3mr20787869icb.86.1407047814721; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.7.203 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: cpu/mainboard recommendations? From: Dieter BSD To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 06:36:55 -0000 Current machine is getting flakier by the day (hour?), I need to get a new one before something vital dies altogether. want list: non-inthell ecc smp (4 is probably about right) lots of sata ports (with NCQ, PM(FIS), hotplug, ...), sata3 if possible 1 or 2 PCI slots would be good, the remainder PCIe (v3 if possible) more than 7 slots would be great console can be rs-232 (multiple rs-232 ports would be good) floss firmware; dual-bios, socketed, or some failsafe gpu can drive 4k display, displayport would be nice usb3 (in case anyone ever makes a decent usb-sata bridge) firewire that actually works with bsd (as opposed to via) gig-ethernet (2 if possible) If AMD's Kaveri had ecc I would have gotten one months ago. Berlin should have most of this, but will AMD ever release it? Berlin was supposed to be out in first half of 2014, where is it? At this point I can't keep waiting for Berlin. So.... Phenom II? Bulldozer/Piledriver? The ARM stuff is still fairly slow, correct? Anything else worth considering? I'll probably try 2 or 3 of the BSDs, but no penguinix, no microshit, no gaming, no overclocking, no watercooling. Need a reasonably fast cpu (not looking for warp factor 8, warp 2 will be fine), lots of i/o, and very reliable. Don't need an over-the-top gpu. Enough resolution and color depth, fast enough to display video properly. Ability to offload video decoding would be nice. From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 4 04:14:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E3EF3A2 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 04:14:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vulpes.vvelox.net (vulpes.vvelox.net [99.69.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4862F28E1 for ; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 04:14:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net (vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net [192.168.15.2]) (Authenticated sender: kitsune) by vulpes.vvelox.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3D61F493F5D6 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 23:14:27 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 23:14:43 -0500 From: "Zane C. B-H." To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cpu/mainboard recommendations? Message-ID: <20140803231443.5c4f5f58@vixen42.vulpes.vvelox.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 04:14:55 -0000 On Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 Dieter BSD wrote: > Current machine is getting flakier by the day (hour?), > I need to get a new one before something vital dies altogether. > > want list: > non-inthell > ecc > smp (4 is probably about right) > lots of sata ports (with NCQ, PM(FIS), hotplug, ...), sata3 if > possible 1 or 2 PCI slots would be good, the remainder PCIe (v3 if > possible) more than 7 slots would be great > console can be rs-232 (multiple rs-232 ports would be good) > floss firmware; dual-bios, socketed, or some failsafe > gpu can drive 4k display, displayport would be nice > usb3 (in case anyone ever makes a decent usb-sata bridge) > firewire that actually works with bsd (as opposed to via) > gig-ethernet (2 if possible) > > If AMD's Kaveri had ecc I would have gotten one months ago. > Berlin should have most of this, but will AMD ever release it? > Berlin was supposed to be out in first half of 2014, where is it? > > At this point I can't keep waiting for Berlin. So.... > Phenom II? Bulldozer/Piledriver? The ARM stuff is still fairly > slow, correct? Anything else worth considering? > > I'll probably try 2 or 3 of the BSDs, but no penguinix, > no microshit, no gaming, no overclocking, no watercooling. > Need a reasonably fast cpu (not looking for warp factor 8, > warp 2 will be fine), lots of i/o, and very reliable. > Don't need an over-the-top gpu. Enough resolution and > color depth, fast enough to display video properly. > Ability to offload video decoding would be nice. My suggestion is to begin looking at boards by Supermicro if you need something that does ECC and see what fits your requirements. The onboard video won't get you the offloading of the video decoding, but at this point that is something that is not really needed and has not been for awhile. From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 6 11:30:58 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF8FCC22 for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 11:30:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-x243.google.com (mail-ob0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::243]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ADC7E29FE for ; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 11:30:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f195.google.com with SMTP id vb8so472467obc.2 for ; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:30:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=hCGEu//vEqOC2vcL12JyPUB1D+yXMOSafQaa7wCsoxQ=; b=zHoAT2xvrqldLyui06S8O31miYTWnVU7YLXjmuPN/OfAD8yd2NGjnbkLo7vCmnf9C/ OgOrpcwI0hiiiIyCarJ27JB1dm/k2YWceuxhlfQTk4glpzm+phNtFObdq+7Lg9dWFVWZ rI9Obr1K8Q/wBo8EipFurXdDutqeNYx1iO7pRCa8EAmussdnpbSf3VXYBmli+3LrZmxf 4geFsENYh+92kzCwbeU/0QY3JknfBeaBXqZ/CeM03ozBK/Pv7lF0oMuzVIzqfuaYbWrH p09t+FfCeW6SNgIzTAO4CxfcLK+Pv70fj5RemK44tQ0zqXSBHpUgG/aqRXtlyS0KCWcs GG/w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.119.230 with SMTP id kx6mr14353178obb.72.1407324657451; Wed, 06 Aug 2014 04:30:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.95.170 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Aug 2014 04:30:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 13:30:57 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Network driver From: Ole Marius Solheim To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:30:58 -0000 Hello I'm just wondering if the ethernet chip ar8161 is going to be supported or is currently worked on? It's the only thing that keeps me from using FreeBSD, feedback would be appreciated. Sincerly Ole Marius Solheim From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 01:35:12 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D27447AB for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2014 01:35:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns.kevlo.org (220-135-115-6.HINET-IP.hinet.net [220.135.115.6]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "ns.kevlo.org", Issuer "ns.kevlo.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5078229B8 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2014 01:35:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ns.kevlo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ns.kevlo.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s771YpFV058012 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:34:52 +0800 (CST) (envelope-from kevlo@ns.kevlo.org) Received: (from kevlo@localhost) by ns.kevlo.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s771YpwE058011; Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:34:51 +0800 (CST) (envelope-from kevlo) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:34:51 +0800 From: Kevin Lo To: Ole Marius Solheim Subject: Re: Network driver Message-ID: <20140807013451.GA58002@ns.kevlo.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:35:12 -0000 On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 01:30:57PM +0200, Ole Marius Solheim wrote: > > Hello > > I'm just wondering if the ethernet chip ar8161 is going to be supported or > is currently worked on? > It's the only thing that keeps me from using FreeBSD, feedback would be > appreciated. AFAIK yongari@ is currently working on it. > Sincerly > Ole Marius Solheim Kevin