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Martin Cracauer wrote:

I use the A8N-SLI Deluxe.

>Øystein Holmen wrote on Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 11:03:18PM +0100: 
>  
>
>>Hi all!
>>
>>I'm setting up a new server with FreeBSD 6.0. The motherboard I am  
>>planning to use is Asus A8N-SLI Premium. Does anyone know if the on- 
>>board ethernet controller (nve(4)) works?
>>    
>>
>
>Works for me with the newest 7-current commits, but losing carrier
>means temporary machine hang.  The other GbE on the board works, too.
>  
>

Right, nve(4) sometimes stops working, but it seems to have the best
performance to me.
sk(4) also works, more reliable, but is bound to PCI32 bus.

>Temperature monitoring is also functional.
>
>Be warned that this board even with the newest BIOS does not correctly
>do remapping of the physical memory between 3-4 GB to above 4 GB.
>  
>

That's bad to read. I plan to upgrade my box up to 4GB RAM. :-(

>  
>
>>Also I'm planning on getting this graphics controller: Gainward  
>>GeForce 6200 TurboCache, PCI-Express.
>>    
>>

I use a MSI NE6600 PCIe board, 256MB video RAM. Don't expect high
performance without appropriate drivers!

>
>Works for me, "nv" driver.  No "nvidia" driver for FreeBSD/AMD64.
>
>Martin
>  
>


Oliver


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