Paul B. Henson(hen...@acm.org) on 2013.11.15 13:59:19 -0800: > I'm looking at a supermicro SuperServer 5017A-EF for openbsd purposes, > it's got an Intel atom S1260 SoC, Marvell 88SE9230 SATA, and i350AM2 dual > gig interfaces. > > It looks like i350 support shipped in 5.2, and I'm pretty sure the > Marvell chip is AHCI compliant, so I'd think that would be ok, but I'm > leery about the SoC, I can't find any references to openbsd running on > this specific chip or any atom based SoC for that matter and I'd hate to > buy a box that didn't run openbsd well :(.
Don't buy this one (yet). The Marvell 88SE9230 SATA does not work. i know cause i have one ;-) The earlier 5017A-* machines are ok. /B. > Any feedback on this particular server, this atom SoC in specific, or > even a general opinion on how well this might work out much appreciated :). > > Thanks much... > --
