From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 24 02:35:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 942D7106566C for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:35:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BFA78FC12 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:35:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n2O2Z8V5015220 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:35:08 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n2O2Z80f015217 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:35:08 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:35:08 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:35:08 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Subject: Atom 330 testing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:35:10 -0000 Testing a mini-ITX Intel D945GCLF2 motherboard with Atom 330 processor. The 330 is the dual-core HTT version of the Atom 270 found in all the netbooks. Shows up as four processors on FreeBSD. The board has SATA, IDE, PCI, onboard video, and Realtek 8111C Ethernet. This board was shaky until I updated the BIOS from version 99 to version 150. Yay Intel for providing a bootable ISO ROM update image! It still has two major issues: 1. Get to the FreeBSD loader prompt and type a few commands. Just ? once or twice, for example. It locks up in the middle of output or the screen goes black. A hardware reset works. 2. It shuts itself off while the kernel is starting, usually just after "Starting network". Disabling the onboard Realtek 8111C seems to fix this. Note that it does sometimes manage to boot with re0 enabled. Works fine after that, including network. An xubuntu 8.10 liveCD also shuts off during boot. I haven't tried other OSes. After it has turned itself off, keyboard numlock LED remains on, power and reset buttons do nothing. AC power has to be turned off or disconnected to clear it and let it start up again. Right now it has -current, although the problems seem the same as with 7-stable. I can try debugging or tests if problem #1 permits. This board would make a very nice low-power server if it could boot reliably. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA