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On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:13:55AM -0800, Raymond Keller wrote:
> Thought you might care to hear if it's not already known:  NetBSD
> 4.0_BETA2 installs fine on a Jetway Hybrid C7 1.5G motherboard.
> I've got a 512MB stick of "Samsung PC2-4200" from NCIX in it.
>=20
>   Jetway Hybrid C7 JF2WE1G5D-OC-LF
>   CN700 north bridge
>   VT8237R+ (VT 8237RP) south bridge
>=20
> I'm not sure how to read the BIOS version, but something in this
> should say:
>=20
>   V6.00PG
>=20
>   V.J7F2WE/J7F2W A02 04-27-2006
>=20
> This is my second motherboard of this model.  The first was
> basically DOA.  When I returned it I saw that the folks I'd bought
> it from had a stack of maybe a couple dozen returns out of a couple
> hundred builds...  Anyway, _this_ one is working nicely.

The Newegg reviews agree.

>=20
> I also got a 3 network adapter (rtk) daughterboard and it works
> fine.  The onboard network adapter (vr) works fine.  Firewire
> configures, but I haven't tested it.  The audio (auvia) configures,
> but I haven't tested it.
>=20
> I have an extra EPIA CN10000EG that I won't be using (long story)
> and plan to return.  If anyone cares to have that tested, let me
> know.
>=20
> dmesg on the Jetway looks like this:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,=
 2006
>     The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
>     The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
>=20
> NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Feb 11 05:53:08 UTC 2007
> 	builds@b0.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4/i386/200702090000Z-obj/hom=
e/builds/ab/netbsd-4/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
> total memory =3D 446 MB
> avail memory =3D 428 MB
> timecounter: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
> timecounter: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
> BIOS32 rev. 0 found at 0xfb570
> mainbus0 (root)
> cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor)
> cpu0: VIA C3 (686-class), 1500.16 MHz, id 0x6a9
> cpu0: features a7d9baff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,APIC,SEP,MTRR>
> cpu0: features a7d9baff<PGE,CMOV,PAT,MPC,NOX,MMXX,MMX>
> cpu0: features a7d9baff<FXSR,SSE,SSE2,LONG,3DNOW>
> cpu0: features2 1<SSE3>

Ooooh, long mode, interesting.  I wonder if NetBSD/amd64 would boot.
Oddly, this doesn't seem to be an advertised feature, hmmm.

> cpu0: "VIA Esther processor 1500MHz"
> cpu0: I-cache 64 KB 64B/line 4-way, D-cache 64 KB 64B/line 4-way
> cpu0: L2 cache 128 KB 64B/line 10-way
> cpu0: ITLB 128 4 KB entries 8-way
> cpu0: DTLB 128 4 KB entries 8-way
> cpu0: using thermal monitor 1
> cpu0: 4 page colors

	Jonathan Kollasch

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