Re: PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard?
Philippe Lang wrote: Hum, that means LAN works on a SuperMicro X7DBE motherboard? That's Note that I'm really emphasizing that I don't know *why* it was working :) really good news! I was hesitating buying one, because of the supposed lack of 82563EB support, but I see I'm wrong. Can anyone explain how this chip could be supported, even if not mentioned in the driver itself and in the documentation? Ivan, do you have the opportunity to open your server, and check what LAN chip there is inside? Sorry, no, it went to a client and I don't have physical access to it. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard?
Andrew Fremantle wrote: Hello, I'm looking at building a few new general-purpose servers in the near future. I'd like to use Intel Core 2 Duo processors in these machines. Nothing wrong with that... I'm currently evaluating a machine with a looks-good-on-paper motherboard, the Intel DG965OT. However, I have come across two major problems with this board. A desktop board? http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DG965OT/index.htm ? Those usually have top-of-the-line devices (SATA, Net, sound) which are not widely supported, or even stable. I've seen (and sometimes built) several Intel Xeon 51xx systems that work without problem with server boards. 2) Can anyone suggest a well supported board with gigabit lan, onboard video, and PCIe expansion, that accepts Core2 Duo CPUs? If you're willing to pay for it, server boards will suit you better. For example something like this: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBE.cfm Also, the amd64 documentation states support for Athlon64s, Opterons, certain Xeons, and EMT64 capable Pentium 4s, Pentium Ds, and Celerons. Will it not run on Core 2s or is this a shortcoming in the documentation? I though the Core 2s were 64-bit capable. The server version of Core 2, aka Xeon 51xx, works fine in both 32-bit and 64-bit mode. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RE: PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2) Can anyone suggest a well supported board with gigabit lan,
onboard video, and PCIe expansion, that accepts Core2 Duo CPUs?
If you're willing to pay for it, server boards will suit you better.
For example something like this:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBE.cfm
This board ships with a 82563EB network controller, which is AFAIK not
supported under FreeBSD yet. I haven't tested it, so maybe I'm wrong?
Latest intel drivers vresion 6.2.9 says:
typedef enum {
em_undefined = 0,
em_82542_rev2_0,
em_82542_rev2_1,
em_82543,
em_82544,
em_82540,
em_82545,
em_82545_rev_3,
em_82546,
em_82546_rev_3,
em_82541,
em_82541_rev_2,
em_82547,
em_82547_rev_2,
em_82571,
em_82572,
em_82573,
em_80003es2lan,
em_ich8lan,
em_num_macs
} em_mac_type;
Philippe
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Re: PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard?
Philippe Lang wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) Can anyone suggest a well supported board with gigabit lan, onboard video, and PCIe expansion, that accepts Core2 Duo CPUs? If you're willing to pay for it, server boards will suit you better. For example something like this: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBE.cfm This board ships with a 82563EB network controller, which is AFAIK not supported under FreeBSD yet. I haven't tested it, so maybe I'm wrong? Latest intel drivers vresion 6.2.9 says:... I can't reliably explain it. Maybe I've got an OEM version with some other NIC or someone stuck an additional NIC in it before it got to me. Or maybe the documentation or the driver are wrong :) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
RE: PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Philippe Lang wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) Can anyone suggest a well supported board with gigabit lan, onboard video, and PCIe expansion, that accepts Core2 Duo CPUs? If you're willing to pay for it, server boards will suit you better. For example something like this: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/5000P/X7DBE.cf m This board ships with a 82563EB network controller, which is AFAIK not supported under FreeBSD yet. I haven't tested it, so maybe I'm wrong? Latest intel drivers vresion 6.2.9 says:... I can't reliably explain it. Maybe I've got an OEM version with some other NIC or someone stuck an additional NIC in it before it got to me. Or maybe the documentation or the driver are wrong :) Hum, that means LAN works on a SuperMicro X7DBE motherboard? That's really good news! I was hesitating buying one, because of the supposed lack of 82563EB support, but I see I'm wrong. Can anyone explain how this chip could be supported, even if not mentioned in the driver itself and in the documentation? Ivan, do you have the opportunity to open your server, and check what LAN chip there is inside? Thanks, bye Philippe Lang ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard?
Hello, I'm looking at building a few new general-purpose servers in the near future. I'd like to use Intel Core 2 Duo processors in these machines. I'm currently evaluating a machine with a looks-good-on-paper motherboard, the Intel DG965OT. However, I have come across two major problems with this board. First, the board locks up several seconds after finishing it's kernel initialization. Sysinstall runs and displays the region/country list, then freezes solid a few seconds later. This does not happen if I select to boot without ACPI support. Second, this board has 1 PATA and 6 SATA connectors. FreeBSD detects a generic PCI ATA controller, and then fails to detect the optical drive attached to it. This problem is not unique to FreeBSD. I understand the Linux folks have similar troubles with the Marvell controller. The kernel appears to detect four of the six SATA headers on this board. So my questions are 1) Does anyone know how to make this board work properly with FreeBSD? 2) Can anyone suggest a well supported board with gigabit lan, onboard video, and PCIe expansion, that accepts Core2 Duo CPUs? Also, the amd64 documentation states support for Athlon64s, Opterons, certain Xeons, and EMT64 capable Pentium 4s, Pentium Ds, and Celerons. Will it not run on Core 2s or is this a shortcoming in the documentation? I though the Core 2s were 64-bit capable. - Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCIe Core2 Duo Motherboard?
On Jan 21, 2007, at 9:03 PM, Andrew Fremantle wrote: Hello, I'm looking at building a few new general-purpose servers in the near future. I'd like to use Intel Core 2 Duo processors in these machines. I'm currently evaluating a machine with a looks-good-on-paper motherboard, the Intel DG965OT. However, I have come across two major problems with this board. First, the board locks up several seconds after finishing it's kernel initialization. Sysinstall runs and displays the region/country list, then freezes solid a few seconds later. This does not happen if I select to boot without ACPI support. Second, this board has 1 PATA and 6 SATA connectors. FreeBSD detects a generic PCI ATA controller, and then fails to detect the optical drive attached to it. This problem is not unique to FreeBSD. I understand the Linux folks have similar troubles with the Marvell controller. The kernel appears to detect four of the six SATA headers on this board. So my questions are 1) Does anyone know how to make this board work properly with FreeBSD? 2) Can anyone suggest a well supported board with gigabit lan, onboard video, and PCIe expansion, that accepts Core2 Duo CPUs? Also, the amd64 documentation states support for Athlon64s, Opterons, certain Xeons, and EMT64 capable Pentium 4s, Pentium Ds, and Celerons. Will it not run on Core 2s or is this a shortcoming in the documentation? I though the Core 2s were 64-bit capable. - Andrew If you are willing to try AMD64 I have built one with ASUS M2N32 WS pro. It has two PCI-e slots and two PCI x slots. Uses new AM2 socket and DDR2 memory, is not modestly priced at over $300 for the board alone. But there is also a model M2N32 SLI version that does not come with the PCI x slots and is somewhat less expensive. You might consider, I believe you can get AMD 64 dual core processors to use with it. But perhaps since you already spent the money on Intel, you are not willing to go this route. Oh, yes, the boards have dual gigabit built in NICs that appear to be well supported chip sets. It also has 6 internal SATA busses and 3 external SATA buses. I got the M2N32 WS Pro because I wanted to use two 15 k rpm SCSI drives along with an SATA boot drive. The SCSI adapter I got, LSIlogic, would only fit in PCIx slots. I have installed FreeBSD v6.0 and have had no problem with sysinstall what so ever. And it boots just fine, so far. Hope this helps JK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
