Re: Re: Anyone uses the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro ?
Hi Hannes, Sorry for late reply.. I am using GA-K8NSPro mobo with Seagate SATA disk.. you might like to read this thread re SATA disks on that mobo.. http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2004/12/msg00030.html I am unsubscribing and going on the road for 2-3 weeks so I may not see any reply till later, but I have been using pure64/sid since last year with that setup and dist-upgraded yesterday and all seems ok good luck Norv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone uses the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro ?
Hi Corey! On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 17:12:55 -0800, Corey Hickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hannes Mayer wrote: > > As far as I've read, the nForce3 has an IDE/ATA controller. Is that > > GigaRAID additional to the nForce3 controller, or does one need the > > GigaRAID working in order to use a ATA disk ? > > I'd be willing to bet the ite8212 is in addition to the nforce3 > controller (which works flawlessly for me, by the way). > > 1. The ite8212 is a dual-channel controller (according to pci.ids in the > kernel source). > > 2. Searching google images gave me this: > http://www.crmk.de/7.0/hardware/gigabyte.jpg > ...which clearly shows four IDE connectors. Probably the two right next > to the RAM are nforce3, and the ite8212 is for the other two. Ahh, next to the RAM are the other 2 IDE connectors. Well, since the 2 *2 IDE conn. are so far away from each other, it does support the theory that 2 are for the nForce3 controller and the other 2 for the IT8212. At least from the layout designers point of view, it doesn't make sense to put the connectors so far from each other if they share the same chip. > > I grep'ed the kernel source and only found "8212" (GigaRAID uses the > > ITE8212 chip) in /drivers/pci/pci.ids > > Since I only found it in the PCI id's I think it's not supported ? > > (otherwise it would appear somewhere in the source aswell ?) > > > > I think you're right. I couldn't find anything definitive on google > after a few minutes of searching. ITE does have a driver listed: > http://www.ite.com.tw/software_download/software_download2.asp > > ...but I couldn't make it compile, even after fixing the Makefile (which > is hardcoded for /usr/src/linux-2.6.1) and fixing the missing includes. > I don't really know what I'm doing, though. Yes, I found many maillist and forum posts about problems with the ITE source. But the good news is that Alan Cox seems to be working on a revised version of a driver: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.9-rc2/2.6.9-rc2-mm1/broken-out/add-support-for-it8212-ide-controllers.patch Furthermore I've found this post: http://mailman.taolinux.org/pipermail/tao-discuss/2004-April/000201.html I've emailed Fred and he quickly replied: quote: "I'm using a Gigabyte GA7N400 Pro2 board. This board has your vanilla IDE controller with two channels so it supports four ordinary PATA drives natively. It also has a SATA controller, to which I have paid no attention since I don't plan to buy any SATA drives any time soon." The Gigabyte GA7N400 Pro2 has the nForce2 chipset, which also includes an IDE controller like the nForce3. To sum it up: I'm quite confident now, that there will be no problems with the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro without the GigaRAID and I can wait for the IT8212 support in the kernel. Thank you so much Corey Your help is very much appreciated!!! :-))) Best regards, Hannes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone uses the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro ?
Hannes Mayer wrote: > >>>GigaRAID ATA 133 RAID controller >> >>I don't know. > > > As far as I've read, the nForce3 has an IDE/ATA controller. Is that > GigaRAID additional to the nForce3 controller, or does one need the > GigaRAID working in order to use a ATA disk ? I'd be willing to bet the ite8212 is in addition to the nforce3 controller (which works flawlessly for me, by the way). 1. The ite8212 is a dual-channel controller (according to pci.ids in the kernel source). 2. Searching google images gave me this: http://www.crmk.de/7.0/hardware/gigabyte.jpg ...which clearly shows four IDE connectors. Probably the two right next to the RAM are nforce3, and the ite8212 is for the other two. > I grep'ed the kernel source and only found "8212" (GigaRAID uses the > ITE8212 chip) in /drivers/pci/pci.ids > Since I only found it in the PCI id's I think it's not supported ? > (otherwise it would appear somewhere in the source aswell ?) > I think you're right. I couldn't find anything definitive on google after a few minutes of searching. ITE does have a driver listed: http://www.ite.com.tw/software_download/software_download2.asp ...but I couldn't make it compile, even after fixing the Makefile (which is hardcoded for /usr/src/linux-2.6.1) and fixing the missing includes. I don't really know what I'm doing, though. -Corey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone uses the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro ?
Hi Corey! On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 00:43:19 -0800, Corey Hickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > It might be that nobody here is using that motherboard. I already feared that, but I wanted to get sure. > When researching a motherboard to determine linux compatability, I > always find a list of compoents and use "make menuconfig" or google to > see if each component's chipset is supported (when I don't know > already). Searching google for "k8-ns pro" reveals this page: > http://www.mainboard.cz/mb/gigabyte/GA-K8NSPro.htm ahh.. "make menuconfig" :-) I do compile my own kernels, but I didn't have the idea to compare the kernel config to the chipset! Thank you for the hint! > I'll answer the ones I know for you; I'm sure you can dig up the rest if > someone else doesn't have firsthand experience. > > > GA-K8NS Pro > > nForce3 250 chipset > > I've been using an nforce3 250 board since December without a hitch. Excellent! > > Processor > > Socket 754 for AMD Athlon64 > > This goes without saying... > > > Super I/O: ITE IT8712F chip > > lm_sensors supports this. Works fine for me. Cool! > > Silicon Image sil3512 controller > > I'm pretty sure this is supported in recent kernels. I don't use SATA drives in the near future, so this is not that important currently, but as far as I've read it's supported. > > GigaRAID ATA 133 RAID controller > > I don't know. As far as I've read, the nForce3 has an IDE/ATA controller. Is that GigaRAID additional to the nForce3 controller, or does one need the GigaRAID working in order to use a ATA disk ? I grep'ed the kernel source and only found "8212" (GigaRAID uses the ITE8212 chip) in /drivers/pci/pci.ids Since I only found it in the PCI id's I think it's not supported ? (otherwise it would appear somewhere in the source aswell ?) > > T.I. IEEE1394 controller > > If this uses the PCILynx chip then it's supported. Don't use Firewire (yet) > > Marvell 8001 Gigabit Ethernet controller > > The sk98lin driver supports this. Good, but I have 2 PCI network cards anyway. > > Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97 Codec > > Recent versions of alsa should support this too. Rock'n'roll!! ;-) Thank you very much! Best regards, Hannes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone uses the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro ?
Hannes Mayer wrote: > Noone ? :-( > I'd very much appreciate comments on this board, since this is my > first system built while I'm using linux only and I want to get it > 100% right. > > Thanks in advance! > Best regards, > Hannes. > It might be that nobody here is using that motherboard. When researching a motherboard to determine linux compatability, I always find a list of compoents and use "make menuconfig" or google to see if each component's chipset is supported (when I don't know already). Searching google for "k8-ns pro" reveals this page: http://www.mainboard.cz/mb/gigabyte/GA-K8NSPro.htm I'll answer the ones I know for you; I'm sure you can dig up the rest if someone else doesn't have firsthand experience. > GA-K8NS Pro > nForce3 250 chipset I've been using an nforce3 250 board since December without a hitch. > Processor > Socket 754 for AMD Athlon64 This goes without saying... > Super I/O: ITE IT8712F chip lm_sensors supports this. Works fine for me. > Silicon Image sil3512 controller I'm pretty sure this is supported in recent kernels. > GigaRAID ATA 133 RAID controller I don't know. > T.I. IEEE1394 controller If this uses the PCILynx chip then it's supported. > Marvell 8001 Gigabit Ethernet controller The sk98lin driver supports this. > Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97 Codec Recent versions of alsa should support this too. -Corey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone uses the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro ?
Noone ? :-( I'd very much appreciate comments on this board, since this is my first system built while I'm using linux only and I want to get it 100% right. Thanks in advance! Best regards, Hannes. -- Forwarded message -- From: Hannes Mayer Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 20:14:01 +0100 Subject: Anyone uses the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro ? To: debian-amd64 Hi all! I'm about to switch to a AMD64 system :-) First I want to run 32bit sarge on the main HD, but I want a second disk with the amd64 port for testing and experimentation. I got a nice quote on the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro motherboard and wonder if anyone has experience with it. Any known issues or problems with it ? Thanks a lot in advance! Best regards, Hannes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone uses the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro ?
Hi all! I'm about to switch to a AMD64 system :-) First I want to run 32bit sarge on the main HD, but I want a second disk with the amd64 port for testing and experimentation. I got a nice quote on the Gigabyte GA K8-NS Pro motherboard and wonder if anyone has experience with it. Any known issues or problems with it ? Thanks a lot in advance! Best regards, Hannes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
