I'm using an Asus A8N-E with an Athlon64 3200+. Everything seems to work fine except:
1) I cannot access the network with nfe0. Any attempt to use the device results in errors like "tx error v2: 0x6004" repeated ad nauseum. An fxp PCI card works fine. 2) The onboard auich(4) device is usable, but within ~30 seconds of the start of audio output, e.g. playing an mp3, I get clicks, pops, and eventually totally garbled output. It gets progressively worse with time (huh?). Here is my dmesg: OpenBSD 3.9-current (GENERIC) #483: Thu Mar 23 20:30:10 MST 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC real mem = 536408064 (523836K) avail mem = 448163840 (437660K) using 13147 buffers containing 53850112 bytes (52588K) of memory mainbus0 (root) cpu0 at mainbus0: (uniprocessor) cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+, 2160.44 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CF LUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW cpu0: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 512KB 64b/line 1 6-way L2 cache cpu0: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative cpu0: DTLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative cpu0: Cool`n'Quiet K8 2160 Mhz: speeds: 2000 1800 1000 Mhz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 "NVIDIA nForce4 DDR" rev 0xa3 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 ISA" rev 0xa3 nviic0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "NVIDIA nForce4 SMBus" rev 0xa2 iic0 at nviic0 iic1 at nviic0 ohci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 USB" rev 0xa2: irq 10, version 1.0, legacy supportusb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0 at usb0 uhub0: NVIDIA OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 10 ports with 10 removable, self powered ehci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "NVIDIA nForce4 USB" rev 0xa3: irq 12 usb1 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 uhub1: NVIDIA EHCI root hub, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 10 ports with 10 removable, self powered auich0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 AC97" rev 0xa2: irq 3, nForce4 A C97 ac97: codec id 0x414c4790 (Avance Logic ALC850) audio0 at auich0 pciide0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 IDE" rev 0xf2: DMA, channel 0 c onfigured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST3120026A> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 114473MB, 234441648 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LITE-ON, COMBO SOHC-5232K, NK07> SCSI0 5/cdrom re movable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 3 pciide1 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 SATA" rev 0xf3: DMA pciide1: using irq 11 for native-PCI interrupt pciide2 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 SATA" rev 0xf3: DMA pciide2: using irq 5 for native-PCI interrupt ppb0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCI-PCI" rev 0xa2 pci1 at ppb0 bus 5 fxp0 at pci1 dev 7 function 0 "Intel 8255x" rev 0x01, i82557: irq 12, address 00 :90:27:29:57:86 nsphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 PHY, rev. 1 nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "NVIDIA CK804 LAN" rev 0xa3: irq 11, address 04:4 b:80:80:80:03 eephy0 at nfe0 phy 9: Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY, rev. 2 ppb1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3 pci2 at ppb1 bus 4 ppb2 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ppb3 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3 pci4 at ppb3 bus 2 ppb4 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3 pci5 at ppb4 bus 1 vga1 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 vendor "ATI", unknown product 0x554f rev 0x00 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) vendor "ATI", unknown product 0x556f (class display subclass miscellaneous, rev 0x00) at pci5 dev 0 function 1 not configured pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 HyperTransport" rev 0x00 pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 Address Map" rev 0x00 pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00 pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 Misc Cfg" rev 0x00 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 it0 at isa0 port 0x290/8: IT87 fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec umass0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 2 interface 0 umass0: BAFO BAFO, rev 2.00/11.05, addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets sd0 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <WDC WD80, 0BB-22CAA1, 17.0> SCSI0 0/direct fixed sd0: 76319MB, 76319 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 156301488 sec total ulpt0 at uhub0 port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 ulpt0: KONICA MINOLTA PP1350W, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2, iclass 7/1 ulpt0: using bi-directional mode uhidev0 at uhub0 port 10 configuration 1 interface 0 uhidev0: Microsoft Microsoft 5-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM), rev 1.10/3.00, addr 3, iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev0: 5 buttons and Z dir. wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 dkcsum: wd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80 dkcsum: sd0 matches BIOS drive 0x81 root on wd0a rootdev=0x0 rrootdev=0x300 rawdev=0x302 auich0: measured ac97 link rate at 47992 Hz, will use 48000 Hz Note the last line. I do not know if it is of any import, but the link rate seems to change slightly when I tinker with the FSB speed/PCI bus clock. I have no insight into the nfe(4) problem. I'd love to use the onboard devices on this motherboard to free up some expansion slots (and to get my money's worth!). Thanks for any assistance, --Blair Sadewitz -- "What is the practical application of a million galaxies?" --Alan W. Watts