Intel E7210 (CanterWood ES) Chipset Supported (aka P4 PCI-X boards)?

[Nikolas Britton]

Nikolas Britton wrote:

> Hello, The first thing I want to make clear is DON'T FEED THE TROLL, 
> yes I'm talking about you TM* I mean freebsd*@aol.com. I know that 
> this questions has been asked many times here but it has never been 
> fully answered because TM always hi-jacks the thread, ignore him!
>
> What I would like to know is if the Intel E7210 (CanterWood ES) north 
> bridge and the Intel 6300ESB south bridge (PCI-X, USB2, and SATA) are 
> supported by FreeBSD. This chipset combo is used for entry level 
> Pentium 4 (uni-processor) servers that have a PCI-X interface. Will 
> FreeBSD 5.3 boot and run, even if sub-optimal, on these boards?
>
> Also can anyone comment on these too?, All of these chipsets are used 
> for entry level P4 servers with PCI-X, North Bridge / South Bridge:
>
> Serverworks GC-SL / ServerWorks CSB6
> Intel 875P / Intel 6300ESB
> --------------
> FYI If your looking for this type of board (Socket 478 (I removed all 
> LGA775s) Pentium 4 + PCI-X) I have done all the hard work for you, 
> here is a (complete?) list of companies that make them:
>
> AMERICAN PREDATOR:
>       Phoenix MicroATX (Intel 875P / Intel 6300ESB)
>       Phoenix ATX-P (Intel 875P / Intel 6300ESB)
> ASUS:
>       NRL-LS533 (ServerWorks GC-SL / ServerWorks CSB6)
> EPOX:
>       IP-4PCI2E (Intel 875P / Intel 6300ESB)
> GIGABYTE:
>       GA-8IKHXT (Intel E7210 / Intel 6300ESB)
>       GA-8EGXR (ServerWorks GC-SL / ServerWorks CSB6)
>       GA-8EGXR-C (ServerWorks GC-SL / ServerWorks CSB6)
> INTEL:
>       SE7210TP1-E (Intel E7210 / Intel 6300ESB)
> MSI:
>       E7210 Master-FARM (Intel E7210 / Intel 6300ESB)
> SUPERMICRO:
>       P4SC8 (Intel E7210 / Intel 6300ESB)
>       P4SCi (Intel E7210 / Intel 6300ESB)
>       P4SCT (Intel 875P / Intel 6300ESB)
>       P4SCT+ (Intel 875P / Intel 6300ESB)
>       P4SCT+II (Intel 875P / Intel 6300ESB)
> TYAN:
>       Tomcat i7210 (S5112) (Intel E7210 / Intel 6300ESB)
>       Trinity GC-SL (S2707) (ServerWorks GC-SL / ServerWorks CSB6)
>
Errata: The Super Micro P4SCT+ has a E7210 northbridge.   Also after 
doing a bit more research, the Intel 82875P (CanterWood) and the Intel 
E7210 (CanterWood ES) ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL MCHs (Memory Controller 
Hub, aka northbridge). What makes the 875P a "desktop" chip and the 
E7210 a "server" chip are the ICHs (Interface Controller Hub, aka 
southbridge) it's paired with, normally the 875P gets paired with the 
Intel 82801EB ICH5 or 82801ER ICH5R and the E7210 gets paired with a 
Intel 6300ESB (Hance Rapids) ICH-S. So when a 875P gets paired with a 
6300ESB there is no difference, except that the 875P supports AGP and 
the E7210 does not.

I know for a fact that the 875P works with FreeBSD 5.3 because I have 
one running FreeBSD 5.3 now. So my question to you now is if the Intel 
6300ESB ICH works correctly with freebsd?