Re: NVIDIA FreeBSD kernel feature requests

2006-07-06 Thread Doug Barton
I found your manifesto for free software interesting, although I didn't really see anything new there so I snipped it. In my opinion, you can always vote with your wallet, and if you feel that strongly about needing all the parts of your system to be "free," well, knock yourself out. On the other

Re: SATA300 Controllers

2006-07-06 Thread Rick C. Petty
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 03:26:17PM -0600, Scott Long wrote: > > > >>Has anyone had success with SATA300 controllers with FreeBSD 6.1? I've > >>been > >>trying Promise and nVidia nForce4 and I'm not having any luck. Using a > >>MSI > >>K8NGM2-L motherboard and others, but 6.1's installation hang

Re: SATA300 Controllers

2006-07-06 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 03:26:17PM -0600, Scott Long wrote.. > Wilko Bulte wrote: > >On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 08:02:55PM -0500, Derrick T. Woolworth wrote.. > > > >>Hello all, > >> > >>Sorry for cross-posting, but these issues seem relevant for lists... > >> > >>Has anyone had success with SATA300 c

Re: SATA300 Controllers

2006-07-06 Thread Mike Jakubik
Derrick T. Woolworth wrote: Hello all, Sorry for cross-posting, but these issues seem relevant for lists... Has anyone had success with SATA300 controllers with FreeBSD 6.1? I've been trying Promise and nVidia nForce4 and I'm not having any luck. Using a MSI Yes, this chipset works well f

Re: SATA300 Controllers

2006-07-06 Thread Scott Long
Wilko Bulte wrote: On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 08:02:55PM -0500, Derrick T. Woolworth wrote.. Hello all, Sorry for cross-posting, but these issues seem relevant for lists... Has anyone had success with SATA300 controllers with FreeBSD 6.1? I've been trying Promise and nVidia nForce4 and I'm not

Re: SATA300 Controllers

2006-07-06 Thread Wilko Bulte
On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 08:02:55PM -0500, Derrick T. Woolworth wrote.. > Hello all, > > Sorry for cross-posting, but these issues seem relevant for lists... > > Has anyone had success with SATA300 controllers with FreeBSD 6.1? I've been > trying Promise and nVidia nForce4 and I'm not having any

Re: NVIDIA FreeBSD kernel feature requests

2006-07-06 Thread Miguel Mendez
On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:51:35 +0200 Michal Mertl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm going to reply to this, once, just to make my argument clear. > I think that this reaction wasn't called for. Modern GPUs are > extraordinarily complex HW and to write a decent driver will take > appropriate effor

Re: SATA300 Controllers

2006-07-06 Thread Alain Hebert
Hi, I've been having the same issues. The conclusion of my testing is that type of card (aka Adaptec 1210SA, Promise PDC2* ) are not stable, reliable, performant. (For my taste btw) The underlying technology is just mickey mouse: They store the config on drive (ok);

Re: SATA300 Controllers

2006-07-06 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:02:55 -0500 Derrick T. Woolworth wrote: > Has anyone had success with SATA300 controllers with FreeBSD 6.1? I've been > trying Promise and nVidia nForce4 and I'm not having any luck. Using a MSI I have an nForce4 built-in card on amd64 motherboard and use it as a testing m