On Thu, 2010-05-13 at 13:25 +1200, Ian Collins wrote: > On 05/13/10 12:46 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: > > I've gotten a couple of the newest prototype AMD systems, with the C34 > > and G34 sockets. All have run various flavors of OpenSolaris quite > > well, with the exception of a couple of flaky network problems, which > > we've tracked down to pre-production NIC hardware and early-access > > drivers. This is a similar problem I see all the time on prototype > > Intel stuff. The problems go away when we put in production-ready NIC > > cards (even when such NIC cards have the same actual chip series, the > > bugs inevitably are nailed to the beta-level original NIC chips). > > > > So I would NOT expect any problems if your MB passes the Device Check > > tool (or whatever we're calling it nowadays). > > > > > Bit of a chicken and egg that, isn't it? > > You need to run the tool to see if the board's worth buying and you need > to buy the board to run the tool! >
*Somebody* has to be that first early adopter. After that, we all get to ride on their experience. -- Erik Trimble Java System Support Mailstop: usca22-123 Phone: x17195 Santa Clara, CA Timezone: US/Pacific (GMT-0800) _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
