Hi Vick,
On 2013-11-07 15:40, Vick Khera wrote:
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Paul Mather <p...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu
<mailto:p...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>> wrote:
> If those figures that the hardware producer provided are
correct, it would mean that I could run pfSense 2.1 only on the
C204 board, since pfSense 2.1 is based on FreeBSD 8.3, and the
C222 board is only compatible from FreeBSD 9.1 and upwards, right?!
>
> Since hardware producers tend to not edit and update such
compatibility lists properly, the information provided there could
be wrong. For this reason I would like to double-check. Could
maybe someone give me a hint where I could look up, which chipsets
FreeBSD supports and from what version on?
Generally, if it has an Intel chipset and is fairly modern, it is
supported. It may not use every cutting edge feature of the chipset. I
have not had any trouble with any hardware on any version of FreeBSD
in the last 15+ years, but I only run it on servers. The issue usually
comes with running funky hardware on desktop class machines where they
cut corners like crazy.
So if I understand you right, even if I use pfSense 2.1 (FreeBSD 8.3) on
a motherboard with a brand new chipset (Intel C222) and CPU (e.g. Core
i3 / Haswell) it should work, eventhough FreeBSD 8.3 is older than those
technologies and might not fully support the chipset yet (e.g. due to
general compatibility with i386-64 CPUs?!)?
A good place to look is in the "Hardware Notes" that accompanies
each release. For example, for 8.3 is is at
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/hardware.html
and for 9.1 it is at
http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/hardware.html
. Also, if you have a specific piece of hardware in mind, a good
place to ask is the freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org
<mailto:freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org> mailing list. (You don't
need to subscribe there to post.) There's a good chance that
someone who has the hardware or is familiar with it could post
whether it works well or not.
The list is good, but always out of date. If not found on the list,
but somethign similar is on it, then definitely ask.
Ok!
Thank you
Best regards
Thinker Rix
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