From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 16 03:11:39 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54EC116A41F for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:11:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd5mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77F3C43D49 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:11:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.179]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IQ100BGP26KD6C0@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:11:08 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml6so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.150]) by pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IQ100LTF26KHMC0@pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:11:08 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (S0106000f3d63c5a5.vc.shawcable.net [24.85.154.162]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IQ10035W26JX0@l-daemon> for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:11:07 -0700 (MST) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.1.362 [267.13.2/170]); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:11:17 -0800 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:11:17 -0800 From: Graham North In-reply-to: <40829.202.6.86.1.1132097734.squirrel@202.6.86.1> To: samwun@telpacific.com.au Message-id: <437AA355.4070608@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=======AVGMAIL-437AA3552700=======" X-Accept-Language: en-us, en References: <40829.202.6.86.1.1132097734.squirrel@202.6.86.1> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: embedded system based on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 03:11:39 -0000 --=======AVGMAIL-437AA3552700======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sam: Great question! When you say embedded I think of industrial controls, instrumentation or robotics - is that what you want? or a single board desktop or server? I recently purchased an Asus K8V MX - an AMD based matx. Unfortunately I cannot yet tell you how the install went because it got stalled by other autumn household chores - soon...! From my homework it looks as though both the video and SATA are supported. I am not sure about the NIC. It has a few nice features (particularily for a low throughput home server) - if you use a Sempron 3000 or up then you can utilize the "Cool 'n Quiet" feature which will dial back your CPU to less than 1/2 power. It also has automatic fan speed control for CPU and chassis fans. Caveat emptor. Take a look at the specs yourself to verify your comfort zone from X.org etc. Cheers, Graham/ Vancouver, Canada. samwun@telpacific.com.au wrote: >Hi, > >Does any one know any low-cost SBC for FreeBSD? Soekie is too expensive >for my project. I m looking for a low-cost SBC under $100 USD or even >lower, around $70 USD. SBC from ARML**** is selling very cheap, but >unfortunately FreeBSD does not have a completed port to ARM yet. I won't >use netbsd because it doesn't even recognise my SCSI card/hard disk. >Therefore, the only left SBC is those well supported from eg. AMD or >Intel, etc.. >If anyone can drop me an email and let me know where can I source some of >these SBCs, please do let me know. > >Your suggestion is very well appreciated. > >Thanks >Sam. > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > -- Kindness can be infectious - try it. Graham North Vancouver, BC www.soleado.ca --=======AVGMAIL-437AA3552700======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Content-Description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.2/170 - Release Date: 11/15/2005 --=======AVGMAIL-437AA3552700=======--