On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 10:06:43PM +0100, Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: Content-Description: signed data > On Friday 26 December 2003 21:59, Anclo wrote: > > I'm considering to build a small VIA Tech Mini-ITX system using the C3 800 > > MHz motherboard/CPU or the Eden 533 MHz. This box would serve as a > > gateway/router. > > > > Has anyone have experience with VIA Tech Mini-ITX motherboards? I'd like to > > use it to run 4.9-RELEASE. > > > > Any advice would be appreciated - I'd hate to find out that there is no > > FreeBSD driver for the built-in network card... > > I'm using a older C3 800 miniITX without any problem. > AFAIK even the latest miniITX has the "VIA Rhine" chipset for ethernet. Also > the PLE266 should work, but of course you cannot use the mpeg2 decoder. Don't > know any OS which could make use of it.
There are patches for Linux to use the hardware MPEG-2 decoder. Check out http://www.linitx.org I have the board with the 1 Ghz chip but haven't tried FreeBSD yet. Marc -- Marc Wiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, that really is my last name. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"