On Jan 7, 2004, at 12:41 AM, Richard Rauch wrote:

> Re. http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-amd64/2004/01/06/0000.html
>
> I picked up a Gigabyte motherboard based on the nVidia nForce3 chipset.
> I'd heard some positive noises about the nForce2 chipset for i386.

I stayed away from nVidia based motherboards due to the lack of
full support of things.

I bought the Gigabyte K8VNXP which I'm happy with.  While NetBSD doesn't
support everything one it (notably the GigE), it works well enough for 
me.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_GA-K8VNXP.htm

NetBSD 1.6ZF (AMD64) #5: Wed Nov 26 11:33:23 PST 2003
         matt@amd64.home:/u1/kobj/amd64/AMD64
total memory = 1023 MB
avail memory = 928 MB
using 6144 buffers containing 52508 KB of memory
mainbus0 (root)
mainbus0: Intel MP Specification (Version 1.4) (OEM00000 PROD00000000)
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, 2010.22 MHz
cpu0: features: 
e7dbfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
cpu0: features: e7dbfbff<PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MPC,NOX,MMXX,MMX>
cpu0: features: e7dbfbff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW>
cpu0: I-cache 64 KB 64b/line 2-way, D-cache 64 KB 64b/line 2-way
cpu0: L2 cache 1 MB 64b/line 16-way
cpu0: ITLB 32 4 KB entries fully associative, 8 4 MB entries fully 
associative
cpu0: DTLB 32 4 KB entries fully associative, 8 4 MB entries fully 
associative
cpu0: calibrating local timer
cpu0: apic clock running at 201 MHz
cpu0: 16 page colors
mpbios: bus 0 is type PCI
mpbios: bus 1 is type PCI
mpbios: bus 2 is type ISA
ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 2 (I/O APIC)
ioapic0: pa 0xfec00000, version 3, 24 pins
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0
pchb0: VIA Technologies product 0x3188 (rev. 0x01)
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: VIA Technologies product 0xb188 (rev. 
0x00)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled
vga0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: Nvidia Corporation GeForce FX 5200 (rev. 
0xa1)
wsdisplay0 at vga0 kbdmux 1
wsmux1: connecting to wsdisplay0
wm0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: Intel i82540EM 1000BASE-T Ethernet, rev. 
2
wm0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 18 (irq 5)
wm0: 32-bit 33MHz PCI bus
wm0: 64 word (6 address bits) MicroWire EEPROM
wm0: Ethernet address 00:07:e9:13:bf:67
makphy0 at wm0 phy 1: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY, rev. 3
makphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 
1000baseT-FD
X, auto
bktr0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0
bktr0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 19 (irq 11)
bktr0: pcHDTV HD-2000, Philips NTSC tuner.
Brooktree Bt878 Video Capture (Audio Section) (miscellaneous 
multimedia, revisio
n 0x11) at pci0 dev 11 function 1 not configured
Integrated Technology Express, Inc. product 0x8212 (miscellaneous mass 
storage,
revision 0x11) at pci0 dev 14 function 0 not configured
viaide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0
viaide0: VIA Technologies VT8237 SATA Controller (rev. 0x80)
viaide0: bus-master DMA support present
viaide0: primary channel wired to native-PCI mode
viaide0: using ioapic0 pin 20 (irq 5) for native-PCI interrupt
atabus0 at viaide0 channel 0
viaide0: secondary channel wired to native-PCI mode
atabus1 at viaide0 channel 1
viaide1 at pci0 dev 15 function 1
viaide1: VIA Technologies VT8237 ATA133 controller
viaide1: bus-master DMA support present
viaide1: primary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide1: primary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 14 (irq 14)
atabus2 at viaide1 channel 0
viaide1: secondary channel configured to compatibility mode
viaide1: secondary channel interrupting at ioapic0 pin 15 (irq 15)
atabus3 at viaide1 channel 1
uhci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB 
Controller (rev.
0x81)
uhci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21 (irq 6)
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: VIA Technologies UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1 at pci0 dev 16 function 1: VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB 
Controller (rev.
0x81)
uhci1: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21 (irq 6)
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: VIA Technologies UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2 at pci0 dev 16 function 2: VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB 
Controller (rev.
0x81)
uhci2: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21 (irq 11)
usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2
uhub2: VIA Technologies UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci3 at pci0 dev 16 function 3: VIA Technologies VT83C572 USB 
Controller (rev.
0x81)
uhci3: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21 (irq 11)
usb3 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
uhub3 at usb3
uhub3: VIA Technologies UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0 at pci0 dev 16 function 4: VIA Technologies VT8237 EHCI USB 
Controller (re
v. 0x86)
ehci0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 21 (irq 5)
ehci0: EHCI version 1.0
ehci0: companion controllers, 2 ports each: uhci0 uhci1 uhci2 uhci3
usb at ehci0 not configured
pcib0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0
pcib0: VIA Technologies VT8237 (Apollo KT600) PCI-ISA Bridge (rev. 0x00)
auvia0 at pci0 dev 17 function 5: VIA VT8235 AC'97 Audio (rev 0x60)
auvia0: interrupting at ioapic0 pin 22 (irq 5)
auvia0: ac97: Avance Logic unknown (0x414c4780) codec; 20 bit DAC, 18 
bit ADC, n
o 3D stereo
auvia0: ac97: ext id 9c7<AC97_23,LDAC,SDAC,CDAC,SPDIF,DRA,VRA>
audio0 at auvia0: full duplex, mmap, independent
VIA Technologies VT6102 (Rhine II) 10/100 Ethernet (ethernet network, 
revision 0
x78) at pci0 dev 18 function 0 not configured
Realtek Semiconductor 8169 10/100/1000 Ethernet (ethernet network, 
revision 0x10
) at pci0 dev 19 function 0 not configured
Texas Instruments product 0x8025 (Firewire serial bus, interface 0x10, 
revision
0x01) at pci0 dev 20 function 0 not configured
pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 0
pchb1: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 HyperTransport configuration (rev. 
0x00)
pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 1
pchb2: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 Address Map configuration (rev. 
0x00)
pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 2
pchb3: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 DRAM configuration (rev. 0x00)
pchb4 at pci0 dev 24 function 3
pchb4: Advanced Micro Devices AMD64 Miscellaneous configuration (rev. 
0x00)
isa0 at pcib0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378-0x37b irq 7
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
ioapic0: enabling
atapibus0 at atabus2: 2 targets
cd0 at atapibus0 drive 0: <HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B, , 0100> cdrom 
removable
cd0: 32-bit data port
cd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33)
cd0(viaide1:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 (Ultra/33) (using 
DMA data
transfers)
wd0 at atabus3 drive 0: <IC35L060AVER07-0>
wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
wd0: 58644 MB, 119150 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 120103200 
sectors
wd0: 32-bit data port
wd0: drive supports PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100)
wd0(viaide1:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 (Ultra/100) (using 
DMA data
  transfers)
boot device: wd0
root on wd0a dumps on wd0b
root file system type: ffs
wsdisplay0: screen 1 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 2 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 3 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 4 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)