From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 18:58:09 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 AD80516A41F for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:58:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from wmptl.net (fw1.wmptl.com [216.8.159.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 212FA43D60 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:58:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Received: from [10.0.0.104] (r3140ca.wmptl.net [10.0.0.104]) by wmptl.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jANIw7il053261; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:58:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from nvidican@wmptl.com) Message-ID: <4384BBBF.4030007@wmptl.com> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:58:07 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Vivek Khera References: <437CF0E5.5030405@wmptl.com> <437D0FF6.20009@deadcafe.de> <1E1A2905-37CA-45BA-8E3E-BC3DDF3094EF@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <1E1A2905-37CA-45BA-8E3E-BC3DDF3094EF@khera.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.111 () RATWR10_MESSID X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44 Cc: amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun x2100 Server Compatability 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: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 18:58:09 -0000 Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Nov 17, 2005, at 6:19 PM, Daniel Rock wrote: > >> Nathan Vidican schrieb: >> >>> Any known issues running FreeBSD/amd64 on a Sun x2100 server? Single >>> opteron box, dual GigE, 80GB S-ATA, 1GB Ram, specs as below: >> >> >> The X2100 is based on a Tyan Tomcat K8E (S2865) mainboard without >> PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports. So you should look at success reports >> for this board. > > > Any more info you found out about this? I'm about to order one of > these to test unless I find out otherwise it doesn't work. > > My only concern is that one of the ethernets is bge and the other is > nve which is not known to be that stable, and I need both ports... I > suspect it will be ok, though. If push comes to shove I guess > installing an intel NIC card would not be out of the question. > > The rest of the hardware seems to be supported based on chipsets I > looked up from kernel boot messages from linux, openbsd, and netbsd > posted on the web. curiously i never found a boot message from anyone > running freebsd... > > > Same issue here... both NIC's requried, but putting in a good ole Intel/FXP card won't bother me in the least. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/