Would this system work correctly with FreeBSD 5.3 ?

Sten Spans sten at blinkenlights.nl
Sun Feb 6 07:48:42 PST 2005


On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, David O'Brien wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 01:50:56AM +0100, Sten Spans wrote:
>> The new tyan k8we looks pretty good, with all 3 of
>> the motherboard support chips connected to different
>> hypertransport links
>>
>> 2200 - pci-e x16, 32bits pci, gigabit, sata
>> 2050 - pci-e x16, gigabit eth
>> amd 8131 - pci-x, scsi
>
> I can't follow this.  Start with the diagram below and fill it in.  Note
> the "southbridge" Super I/O (w/BIOS ROM & timmer) HT tunnel must be on
> HT[1] of the BSP.
>
>
>       |               |
>       |HT[2]          |HT[2]
>       |               |
>    |--+--|  cHT[0] |--+--|
>    | BSP +---------+ AP  |
>    |--+--|         |--+--|
>       |               |
>       |HT[1]          | HT[1]
>       |               |
>

    |--------------|
    | PCI-X 64/133 |
    |--+-----------|
       |             |--------------|
       A      -------+ LSI SCSI     |
       |      |      |--------------|
    |--+---|  |   |-----------------|
    | 8131 +--B---+ 2x PCI-X 64/100 |
    |---+--|      |--+--------------|
        |
        |HT[2]          |HT[2]
        |               |
     |--+--|  cHT[0] |--+--|
     | BSP +---------+ AP  |
     |--+--|         |--+--|
        |               |
        |HT[1]          | HT[1]
        |               |
     |--+---|        |--+---|
   |-+ 2200 +--|     | 2050 +-----PCI-E x16
   | |-+---+|  |     |--+---|
   |   |   | Legacy     |
   | 32bit | Super IO   |
   | PCI   |         Gigabit
   |     Gigabit     ethernet
   |     ethernet
PCI-E x16


I've left out ide and memory :)

The drawing is at:
ftp://ftp.tyan.com/datasheets/d_s2895_100.pdf

-- 
Sten Spans

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