Motherboard

[O. Hartmann]

Martin Cracauer wrote:

I use the A8N-SLI Deluxe.

>Øystein Holmen wrote on Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 11:03:18PM +0100: 
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>>Hi all!
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>>I'm setting up a new server with FreeBSD 6.0. The motherboard I am  
>>planning to use is Asus A8N-SLI Premium. Does anyone know if the on- 
>>board ethernet controller (nve(4)) works?
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>Works for me with the newest 7-current commits, but losing carrier
>means temporary machine hang.  The other GbE on the board works, too.
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Right, nve(4) sometimes stops working, but it seems to have the best
performance to me.
sk(4) also works, more reliable, but is bound to PCI32 bus.

>Temperature monitoring is also functional.
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>Be warned that this board even with the newest BIOS does not correctly
>do remapping of the physical memory between 3-4 GB to above 4 GB.
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That's bad to read. I plan to upgrade my box up to 4GB RAM. :-(

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>>Also I'm planning on getting this graphics controller: Gainward  
>>GeForce 6200 TurboCache, PCI-Express.
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I use a MSI NE6600 PCIe board, 256MB video RAM. Don't expect high
performance without appropriate drivers!

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>Works for me, "nv" driver.  No "nvidia" driver for FreeBSD/AMD64.
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>Martin
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Oliver