Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:31:23 -0600 From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, hackers@freebsd.org, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 2400 & RCC PCI chipset? Message-ID: <20000111133123.C409@prism.flugsvamp.com> In-Reply-To: <200001111922.NAA07463@free.pcs> References: <200001111922.NAA07463@free.pcs>
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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 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. -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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