Subject: Re: recommended 939-board
To: None <netbsd@sopwith.solgatos.com>
From: Petar Bogdanovic <p+netbsd@2005.smokva.net>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 10/10/2005 08:33:10
Dieter wrote:
 > What isn't "real deal" about the nForce-chipset?  (I must have missed 
that thread.)

The following Mails are the most recent ones:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-amd64/2005/02/19/0002.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-amd64/2005/05/01/0000.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-amd64/2005/06/18/0000.html


 > The nforce4 boards were the only ones I could find that supported 
SATA's NCQ.

Erm.. you just wrote a few days ago, that NCQ seems to be unsupported by 
NetBSD:

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2005/10/07/0004.html

:)


 > The only "not configured" in NetBSD's dmesg are:
 >
 > Nvidia nForce4 Memory Controller (miscellaneous memory, revision 
0xa3) at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured
 > Nvidia nForce4 SMBus (SMBus serial bus, revision 0xa2) at pci0 dev 1 
function 1 not configured
 > Nvidia product 0x0057 (miscellaneous bridge, revision 0xa3) at pci0 
dev 10 function 0 not configured

What is this anyway? I suppose, the last one has something to do with 
nVidias 'ActiveArmour'-Firewall..


 > I haven't tried the onboard Ethernet or audio yet.

Could you do that for me? ;)


With kind regards,

Petar