On March 13, 2008 08:51 am =D0=98=D0=B3=D0=BE=D1=80=D1=8C =D0=9A=D1=80=D0=
=B0=D1=81=D0=BD=D0=BE=D1=81=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8C=D1=81=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 wrote:
> I am going to build my new file- and gateway server and i wish to use
> any of brand new motherboards for it, such as ASUS M2N-SLI deluxe
> (nforce 570 SLI chipset) or Gigabyte MA790X-DS4 (AMD 790X / AMD SB600
> chipset), but i can't find any information of supporting that chipsets
> in your current 7.0 release. Are you going to include support of that
> chips to your next releases, and if yes, when? Or maybe i can find that
> drivers somewhere else?
>
> I think that drivers from ASUS
> (http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=3Den-en&model=
=3DM
>2N-SLI%20Deluxe) may not work with FreeBSD?
Can't say anything about the above, but ...
A really nice motherboard that works really well with FreeBSD 6.3 and=20
=46reeBSD 7.0 is the Asus M2N-LR:
http://ca.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3D9&l2=3D39&l3=3D263&l4=3D0&model=3D135=
2&modelmenu=3D1
This is a single-socket AM2 motherboard with support for 1000-series AMD=20
Opteron processors (single or dual-core). 4 RAM slots supports up to 4=20
GB of DDR-800 RAM, 2x Broadcom gigabit NICs onboard (attached to PCIe), 6=20
SATA connectors. Expansion slots include a 16x PCIe slot, two 64-bit/133=20
MHz PCI-X slots, and a 32-bit/33 MHz PCI slot.
We're using these for our gateway/router/firewall boxes without any issues=
=20
running FreeBSD 6.3 and FreeBSD 7.0. We installed a 4-port Intel=20
Pro/1000 gigabit NIC, dual-core Opteron CPU, 2 GB RAM, and a single 80 GB=20
SATA HD in ours.
Beautiful little things. Haven't been able to crash it yet. And fairly=20
inexpensive (just under $1100 CDN in short 2U rackmountable cases when we=20
purchased them in Jan 08, for the config above).
Everything except one memory controller has drivers attached to it in=20
pciconf -vl output, even on 6.3.
=2D-=20
=46reddie Cash
fjwcash@gmail.com
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