Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:42:19 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 2400 & RCC PCI chipset? Message-ID: <20000111124219.A76365@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <20000111133123.C409@prism.flugsvamp.com>; from jlemon@flugsvamp.com on Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 01:31:23PM -0600 References: <200001111922.NAA07463@free.pcs> <20000111133123.C409@prism.flugsvamp.com>
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 13:31:23 -0600, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 01:22:49PM -0600, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > > > We're thinking of purchasing some Dell PowerEdge 2400 servers. I'm a > > bit nervous because the 2400 uses a non-Intel server chipset made by a > > company called RCC Reliance. > > > > The chipset is called the "LE-64 ver 3.0". and I cannot seem to find > > any info about it. The most I've been able to turn up is somebody > > else looking for info. I was wondering if anybody was currently using > > a PowerEdge 2400 (or any other server products with this PCI chipset) > > with FreeBSD > > > > So -- does FreeBSD work with RCC chipsets? Is the chipset robust & > > reliable? We've been badly burned a few times by buggy DEC PCI > > chipsets & we're hoping to not repeat the experience with an x86 ;-) > > It doesn't currently seem to boot with the RCC chipset. I get > the following: > > pci unknown vendor = 0x9005, dev = 0x00cf That's an Adaptec vendor ID. (They've got 0x9004 and 0x9005.) I'm not sure what device that is, however. Justin might know. Are you sure that's the RCC chipset? > This is with a RCC-186566-PO3. As for stability, I have another box > running Linux with an RCC-xxxx-PO2 that seems fairly stable. > > The RCC chips are supposed to allow better memory bandwidth @ 133Mhz. Anyone have a URL for RCC? Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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