From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 13 17:32:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9788416A5F3 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avatar4d@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 550D843E55 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:30:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from avatar4d@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i28so115029wra for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:31:31 -0800 (PST) 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:references; b=NjIRHYePuAJPne/cxS+ZTBjIqiZY9/WfomuW8/nnxFiZnnTRaFdys5Sn+pfIt0+slRl6J8fe++iDL83ABcWe1ZQX2/yuKO1yc9Kme1QZ5LUV5kGtFNsPApQsOK6v3aLt/Pc3QxTkSn4eJxzEe6pX2eiSQGHNXB74lXSwihNWE7Y= Received: by 10.90.120.13 with SMTP id s13mr987633agc.1166031091134; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:31:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.75.14 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:31:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <17489c7a0612130931p6313db63jc43845b6bbe7600a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:31:31 -0500 From: "Chad Gross" To: "Peter A. Giessel" In-Reply-To: <45803240.7030506@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <45800489.8000200@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <45803240.7030506@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, "O. Hartmann" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2/AMD64: supports TYAN Tomcat n3400B motherboard? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:32:38 -0000 On 12/13/06, Peter A. Giessel wrote: > > On 2006/12/13 4:47, O. Hartmann seems to have typed: > > TYAN Tomcat n3400B motherboard (TYAN S2925G2NR). > [snip] > > The main question is: will FreeBSD 6.2/amd64 work with this board? > > I don't see it on the list of tested motherboards. If compatibility is > really important to you, check the list: > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html > > It may work, it may not. Just because its not on the list, doesn't mean > that it won't work, it just hasn't been tested. OTOH, it may not be on > the list because it doesn't work. Just from skimming the list, it seems > that many nVidia chipsets have issues with their ethernet controller. > _______________________________________________ If this is the case than why not include a "Doesn't Work" list as well? That would stop the guessing on whether it doesn't work or hasn't been tested. If hardware doesn't appear on the "It Works" nor the "Doesn't Work" lists, than one can assume that it hasn't been tested. This could save a lot of headaches (and $$$). Chad