Hardware support for Shuttle SX38P2 Pro
Hi all, This is the first question I've asked on here, hopefully I've got all the required detail in. I'm thinking of buying a Shuttle SX38P2 Pro (http://www.shuttle.eu/products/mini-pc/sx38p2-pro/specification/) to run FreeBSD 8.1 onwards. I'll be using the machine as a desktop and home server. A bit of coding, nothing special, and running a few jails. But, before making the purchase I want to make sure the hardware is supported. From the Shuttle spec sheet above, the sound card mentions ALC888DD and the FreeBSD supported hardware list states that ALC888 is supported under snd_hda. Is the 'DD' important? Would sound still work? My assumption is that sound would work, but I'd possibly lose the surround sound or something? The NIC appears to be Marvell 88E8056, which seems to have full support using the msk driver. I've never heard of this manufacturer before, there aren't any gotchas I need to be aware of are there? There are two things on the Shuttle spec sheet that I'm unsure of. They are: * Intel X38 Express (MCH) + ICH9R (I/O Conroller Hub) * Intel Matrix Storage Technology I don't really know what either of them are. I'm assuming the Matrix Storage is the RAID controller. Is this supported? If not, I'll just use gmirror, but will obviously have to be able to access the disks in the first instance. From the Shuttle spec sheet, I can't tell what video card is installed. Does anybody know? Is it supported? Initially, I'll be using only one monitor, but would intend to have both outputs in use in the longer term. Sorry, I know there's a lot of questions in there, but I've been unable to find the answered for myself so far. If anyone could shed any light on this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Hardware support for Shuttle SX38P2 Pro
On Sunday 21 November 2010 17:19:05, Ben Quick wrote: I don't really know what either of them are. I'm assuming the Matrix Storage is the RAID controller. Is this supported? If not, I'll just use gmirror, but will obviously have to be able to access the disks in the first instance. AFAIK this matrix storage is supported by ataraid driver. I think using gmirror or zfs is better than ataraid. From the Shuttle spec sheet, I can't tell what video card is installed. Does anybody know? Is it supported? Initially, I'll be using only one monitor, but would intend to have both outputs in use in the longer term. From the pic: http://www.shuttle.eu/press/image-resources/sx38p2- pro/b5ebb3b485/?tx_chgallery_pi1%5Bsingle%5D=2 It looks there is no onboard graphics card. You need to buy it separately. Maciej ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Hardware support for Shuttle SX38P2 Pro
On 21/11/2010 17:25, Maciej Milewski wrote: On Sunday 21 November 2010 17:19:05, Ben Quick wrote: I don't really know what either of them are. I'm assuming the Matrix Storage is the RAID controller. Is this supported? If not, I'll just use gmirror, but will obviously have to be able to access the disks in the first instance. AFAIK this matrix storage is supported by ataraid driver. I think using gmirror or zfs is better than ataraid. Nice one, thank you From the Shuttle spec sheet, I can't tell what video card is installed. Does anybody know? Is it supported? Initially, I'll be using only one monitor, but would intend to have both outputs in use in the longer term. From the pic: http://www.shuttle.eu/press/image-resources/sx38p2- pro/b5ebb3b485/?tx_chgallery_pi1%5Bsingle%5D=2 It looks there is no onboard graphics card. You need to buy it separately. My mistake, sorry for the noise Thanks Ben Maciej ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
