Via EPIA 800Mhz

[J. Seth Henry]

>Hi!
>
>  Does anyone know if the Via EPIA 800MHz is supported in any version of
>freebsd. I tried it with 4.6.2 and it reboots as soon as kernel loads.
>Or do I need to enable any specific options in the kernel config.
>
>It has the following CPU-
>VIA C3 800 E-Series processor, 800 MHz
>
>I would appreciate any kind of help.
>
>Thanks
>
>*******************************************************************
> Pranav A. Desai

Yes, it does. My ipfilter/NAT machine is running 4.8-REL on a 933MHz EPIA 
board, and I have an X terminal running 4.8-REL on a 800MHz EPIA board.

I use the following kernel configuration (for the X terminal):

# Kernel configuration for gearbox (4/25/2003) working copy

machine		i386
cpu		I686_CPU
ident		gearbox
maxusers	0

options 	INET			#InterNETworking
#options		INET6			#IPv6 Communications Protocols
options		FFS			#Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options 	FFS_ROOT		#FFS usable as root device [keep this!]
options 	SOFTUPDATES		#Enable FFS soft updates support
options 	MFS			#Memory Filesystem
options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device
options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem
options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
options 	CD9660_ROOT		#CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required
options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem
options 	COMPAT_43		#Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
options 	SCSI_DELAY=1000		#Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options 	UCONSOLE		#Allow users to grab the console
options 	USERCONFIG		#boot -c editor
options 	VISUAL_USERCONFIG	#visual boot -c editor
options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) support
options 	SYSVSHM			#SYSV-style shared memory
options 	SYSVMSG			#SYSV-style message queues
options 	SYSVSEM			#SYSV-style semaphores
options 	P1003_1B		#Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions
options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
options		ICMP_BANDLIM		#Rate limit bad replies
options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
options		QUOTA
options		SUIDDIR
options		NO_F00F_HACK
options		DDB_UNATTENDED

device		isa
device		eisa
device		pci

# Floppy drives
#device		fdc0	at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2
#device		fd0	at fdc0 drive 0
#device		fd1	at fdc0 drive 1

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device		ata
device		atadisk			# ATA disk drives
device		atapicd			# ATAPI CDROM drives
#device		atapifd			# ATAPI floppy drives
#device		atapist			# ATAPI tape drives
options 	ATA_STATIC_ID		#Static device numbering

# SCSI Controllers
#device		ahc		# AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
#device		sym		# NCR/Symbios Logic device

# SCSI peripherals
device		scbus		# SCSI bus (required)
device		da		# Direct Access (disks)
#device		sa		# Sequential Access (tape etc)
device		cd		# CD
device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device		atkbdc0	at isa? port IO_KBD
device		atkbd0	at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1
device		psm0	at atkbdc? irq 12
device		vga0	at isa?

# splash screen/screen saver
pseudo-device	splash

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device		sc0	at isa? flags 0x100

# Floating point support - do not disable.
device		npx0	at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13

# Power management support (see LINT for more options)
#device		apm0    at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced Power Management

# Serial (COM) ports
device		sio0	at isa? port IO_COM1 irq 4
device		sio1	at isa? port IO_COM2 flags 0x10 irq 3

# Parallel port
device		ppc0	at isa? irq 7
device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
device		lpt		# Printer
device		plip		# TCP/IP over parallel
device		ppi		# Parallel port interface device
#device		vpo		# Requires scbus and da


# PCI Ethernet NICs.
device		miibus
device		vr		# Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)

# Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate.
pseudo-device	loop		# Network loopback
pseudo-device	ether		# Ethernet support
pseudo-device	sl	1	# Kernel SLIP
#pseudo-device	ppp	1	# Kernel PPP
#pseudo-device	tun		# Packet tunnel.
pseudo-device	pty		# Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
pseudo-device	md		# Memory "disks"
pseudo-device	gif	4	# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
pseudo-device	faith	1	# IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)

# The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
pseudo-device	bpf		#Berkeley packet filter

# USB support
device		uhci		# UHCI PCI->USB interface
device		ohci		# OHCI PCI->USB interface
device		usb		# USB Bus (required)
device		ugen		# Generic
device		uhid		# "Human Interface Devices"
device		ukbd		# Keyboard
device		ulpt		# Printer
device		umass		# Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
device		ums		# Mouse
device		uscanner	# Scanners
device          ucom
device          uplcom
device          uvscom
device          uvisor
device          uftdi

# Sound Support
device		pcm
device		joy0	at isa? port IO_GAME

Regards,
Seth Henry