Hi.
Just in case anybody's interested in building an amd64 machine for using
with OpenBSD: I wouldn't recommend the asus pundit ae3 barebone.
It is based on what seems to be a KS-8-MV motherboard which has an sis
chip providing SATA, Network and Video.
As of 3.8 (release and latest snapshot) none of the above work:
* SVGA Chip works in VESA mode for X11. This is only a small problem
as an AGP expansion slot (slow profile form-factor though) is
available.
* Network interface isn't recognized.
* SATA controller shows up as pciide alright, but any access to disk
fails.
Strictly from the hardware point of view I initially bought a sempron64
2600+ CPU which was reported as "unsupported" by the motherboard which
prevented the system from booting. Changing the CPU to a 3000+ athlon 64
fixed the problem.
Too bad it wouldn't work since it's a really slim machine with a nice
case, 64bit CPU really fast HDD and ram and costs less than a mac mini.
