Would this system work correctly with FreeBSD 5.3 ?
Sten Spans
sten at blinkenlights.nl
Sun Feb 6 07:48:42 PST 2005
On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 06, 2005 at 01:50:56AM +0100, Sten Spans wrote:
>> The new tyan k8we looks pretty good, with all 3 of
>> the motherboard support chips connected to different
>> hypertransport links
>>
>> 2200 - pci-e x16, 32bits pci, gigabit, sata
>> 2050 - pci-e x16, gigabit eth
>> amd 8131 - pci-x, scsi
>
> I can't follow this. Start with the diagram below and fill it in. Note
> the "southbridge" Super I/O (w/BIOS ROM & timmer) HT tunnel must be on
> HT[1] of the BSP.
>
>
> | |
> |HT[2] |HT[2]
> | |
> |--+--| cHT[0] |--+--|
> | BSP +---------+ AP |
> |--+--| |--+--|
> | |
> |HT[1] | HT[1]
> | |
>
|--------------|
| PCI-X 64/133 |
|--+-----------|
| |--------------|
A -------+ LSI SCSI |
| | |--------------|
|--+---| | |-----------------|
| 8131 +--B---+ 2x PCI-X 64/100 |
|---+--| |--+--------------|
|
|HT[2] |HT[2]
| |
|--+--| cHT[0] |--+--|
| BSP +---------+ AP |
|--+--| |--+--|
| |
|HT[1] | HT[1]
| |
|--+---| |--+---|
|-+ 2200 +--| | 2050 +-----PCI-E x16
| |-+---+| | |--+---|
| | | Legacy |
| 32bit | Super IO |
| PCI | Gigabit
| Gigabit ethernet
| ethernet
PCI-E x16
I've left out ide and memory :)
The drawing is at:
ftp://ftp.tyan.com/datasheets/d_s2895_100.pdf
--
Sten Spans
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