VIA Epia ME-6000
borg
bsd_mailing at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 17 00:33:34 PDT 2004
Greatings,
I would like to share/add to the list of working
mini-itx motherboard; a mobo that I purchased
recently.
I did a thorough searching before buying any part.
Despite lots of disappointments mentioned on the
mailing list about the "vr(4)" interface
not-working/misbehaving, Or buildworld problems/erros.
or other sad stories. Seems I survived the crash.
It's been running 5.3-BETA4 for a couple of days now
with no problem.
I hope that I would benefit someone who's running into
trouble picking a low profile system that can serve
a small home/business.
+ Objective:
Run: Bind9, PF and NAT, DHCP, Postfix, Apache.
I'm not planning to run X on this box, it's
solely used as a server.
+ System Info:
Case: Travla C138-90W Black. (riser cards included)
motherboard: VIA EPIA-ME6000 (Fanless) @ 600MHz
+ Add-ons:
RAM: Crucial 512MB, 186-pin DIMM, DDR PC2100
Unbuffered, CL2.5
HardDrive: Toshiba MK8026GAX SuperSlim
80GB/5400RPM/12ms/16MB buffer.
Network: Intel Pro/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter.
DVD-ROM: 8x SLIM DVD ROM (WITH ADAPTER)
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Hint: The default CMOS has many options disabled by
default. I went into each menu and enabled/disabled
what I wanted. when I booted at first it showed half
screen with non-crispy fonts, check CMOS option
CRT/LCD to correct the problem.
I have a small kit that I installed between the power
outlet and the box's power adapter to monitor
electricity usage:
minimum load: 25WATT "idle" that's around 0.86 KWH !
maximum load: 35WATT "during buildworld, heavy
activity"
Despite the CPU's low horse power ( which is the main
purpose of building this box) and the hard disk's low
RPMs, I was amazed by the hard drive's 16MB buffer. It
compensates for the difference. As long you are not
doing "buildworld" on this machine, you will notice
the counterbalancing in the HDD read/right speed which
makes this machine a good candidate for a mail server.
Not to mention the benefits of running a BSD Server at
low-wattage/low-power and with a fanless CPU.
In the future, I will enable NFS and mount a file
system on a faster machine I have and do the
buildworld/buildkernel there, then do the instalworld
/ installkernel on the mini-itx box.
This should save a lot of time.
The dual port NIC I installed is for NAT. I'm setting
a Private/Public DNS with Multiple Views. I have a
gigabit switch and my home LAN machines all have
gigabit NICs. I could have used the built-in via LAN
10/100. for my external interface "WAN" and attach
only a single port gigabit NIC to my gigabit LAN
switch. There is no benefit in having my outside
interface <==> modem but what the heck. :)
I'm attaching the "dmesg" and "pciconf -vl" for
anybody who needs more details on the hardware.
Cheers,
- Ayman Zarka
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FreeBSD 5.3-BETA4 #0: Thu Sep 16 16:03:36 PDT 2004
user at example.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/Eden-C3
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: VIA C3 Samuel 2 (599.90-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x673 Stepping = 3
Features=0x803035<FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,MTRR,PGE,MMX>
real memory = 503250944 (479 MB)
avail memory = 482795520 (460 MB)
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <VT9174 AWRDACPI> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
cpu0: <ACPI CPU (3 Cx states)> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
agp0: <VIA Generic host to PCI bridge> mem 0xe0000000-0xe3ffffff at device 0.0 on pci0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
pci1: <display, VGA> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
fwohci0: <VIA Fire II (VT6306)> port 0xd000-0xd07f mem 0xeb0c1000-0xeb0c17ff irq 5 at device 13.0 on pci0
fwohci0: OHCI version 1.0 (ROM=1)
fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4.
fwohci0: EUI64 "some MAC Address"
fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 2 ports.
fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: "some MAC Address"
fwe0: Ethernet address: "some MAC Address"
fwe0: if_start running deferred for Giant
sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
uhci0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd400-0xd41f irq 11 at device 16.0 on pci0
uhci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb0: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xd800-0xd81f irq 5 at device 16.1 on pci0
uhci1: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb1: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci1
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> port 0xdc00-0xdc1f irq 10 at device 16.2 on pci0
uhci2: [GIANT-LOCKED]
usb2: <VIA 83C572 USB controller> on uhci2
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
pci0: <serial bus, USB> at device 16.3 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 17.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <VIA 8235 UDMA133 controller> port 0xe000-0xe00f,0x376,0x170-0x177,0x3f6,0x1f0-0x1f7 at device 17.1 on pci0
ata0: channel #0 on atapci0
ata1: channel #1 on atapci0
vr0: <VIA VT6102 Rhine II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xe400-0xe4ff mem 0xeb0c0000-0xeb0c00ff irq 11 at device 18.0 on pci0
miibus0: <MII bus> on vr0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
vr0: Ethernet address: "some MAC Address"
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.25> port 0xe800-0xe83f mem 0xeb000000-0xeb03ffff,0xeb0a0000-0xeb0bffff irq 5 at device 20.0 on pci0
em0: Ethernet address: "some MAC Address"
em0: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection, Version - 1.7.25> port 0xec00-0xec3f mem 0xeb040000-0xeb07ffff,0xeb080000-0xeb09ffff irq 10 at device 20.1 on pci0
em1: Ethernet address: "some MAC Address"
em1: Speed:N/A Duplex:N/A
fdc0: <floppy drive controller> port 0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
ppc0 port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4
pmtimer0 on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 599898351 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
em0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 2 steps (100% to 50.0%), currently 100.0%
ad0: 76319MB <TOSHIBA MK8026GAX/PA001G> [155061/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100
ATAPI_RESET time = 660us
acd0: DVDROM <HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8082N/0002> at ata1-master UDMA33
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
em0: Link is up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
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agp0 at pci0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0xaa011106 chip=0x31231106 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT8623 Apollo CLE266 CastleRock CPU to PCI Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = HOST-PCI
pcib1 at pci0:1:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000080 chip=0xb0911106 rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT8633 Apollo Pro 266 CPU to AGP Controller'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-PCI
fwohci0 at pci0:13:0: class=0x0c0010 card=0x30441106 chip=0x30441106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT6306 VIA Fire II IEEE-1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = FireWire
uhci0 at pci0:16:0: class=0x0c0300 card=0x30381106 chip=0x30381106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (All VIA Chipsets)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
uhci1 at pci0:16:1: class=0x0c0300 card=0x30381106 chip=0x30381106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (All VIA Chipsets)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
uhci2 at pci0:16:2: class=0x0c0300 card=0x30381106 chip=0x30381106 rev=0x80 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (All VIA Chipsets)'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
none0 at pci0:16:3: class=0x0c0320 card=0x31041106 chip=0x31041106 rev=0x82 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT6202 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
isab0 at pci0:17:0: class=0x060100 card=0xaa011106 chip=0x31771106 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT8235 PCI to ISA Bridge'
class = bridge
subclass = PCI-ISA
atapci0 at pci0:17:1: class=0x01018a card=0xaa011106 chip=0x05711106 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT82xxxx EIDE Controller (All VIA Chipsets)'
class = mass storage
subclass = ATA
vr0 at pci0:18:0: class=0x020000 card=0x01021106 chip=0x30651106 rev=0x74 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT6102 Rhine II PCI Fast Ethernet Controller'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
em0 at pci0:20:0: class=0x020000 card=0x11798086 chip=0x10798086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
em1 at pci0:20:1: class=0x020000 card=0x11798086 chip=0x10798086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = '82546EB Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
none1 at pci1:0:0: class=0x030000 card=0x31221106 chip=0x31221106 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
device = 'VT8623 Apollo CLE266 CastleRock AGP 8X Controller'
class = display
subclass = VGA
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