On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 01:47:51PM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote: > > Has someone experience with k8 Broadcom/Serverworks chips? > > Excellent question. I'd be interested in hearing from people that have > used/tried motherboards using this chipset. It appears to be the only > other choice in server boards if once avoids nForce boards.
I'm running a K8SSA (S3870), it is completely supported by the kernel but it is not as stable as I hoped. There are occasional lockups that appear to be related to the (s)ata controller (still running 2.6.16.x) I specifically got this board for it's legacy PCI slots, but not all PCI cards will work (can't get firewire or cardbus to work). I have no idea if that is a kernel problem (most likely for the cardbus controller) or with the systemboard (IOMMU related I guess). The TARO/SAS expansion is kind of supported since 2.6.19, but the rc releases didn't have support for SATA on the SAS controller (AIC9140). I hoped to use this relatively cheap controller to drive lots of disks. -- When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. Daniel Tryba -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
