Chuck Robey wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 07:43:22PM -0700, George V. Neville-Neil wrote: > > > I know everyone says "they all work" but i'd like some recommendations on > > > MP machines for -CURRENT work. I'll be ordering one this week. > > > > There is but _1_ dual system to get -- Tyan Thunder K7 (code name Guinness) . > > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk7.html. It comes in multiple > > flavors, but mine is the dual-channel Ultra160, dual-3com 10/100, 5-64bit > > PCI, 1 AGP version. You can cheap out and not get the non-SCSI S2462NG > > model. Match this bad-boy up with a pair of fast Athlon `MP' (not `XP') > > CPU's and it is a totally solid system. Various FreeBSD committers also > > have this system. > > > > There is a newer [more economic] version called the Thunder K7X. > > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk7x.html > > "more economic" is a poor way to describe it, seeing as it has all the > features, plus (1) an updated version of the AMD mp chipset and (2) a > fixed onboard usb port. The K7 had a broken on-board usb (the AMD > chipset had a PCI contention bug for the usb port, so the tin back panel > of the board blocked out the usb, and the K7 came with a PCI usb card, > which ate up one of your PCI slots. The K7X has a repaired on-board usb, > so you get that PCI slot back.
Hmmmmm..... Do you have any details on this? I've had occasional strange USB-related things happen on this box. Of course, it runs -current which puts me into the USB danger-zone enough as it is.. but what happens when this bug is triggered? Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message