[gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-09-29 Thread Ryan Sims
I'm looking at upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, and looking at the Asus P5B series of motherboards. I've found a couple forum posts (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494387-highlight-p965.html and http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-498160-highlight-p965.html) that seem to indicate troubles

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-09-29 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Friday 29 September 2006 21:28, Ryan Sims wrote: > I'm looking at upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, and looking at the > Asus P5B series of motherboards. I've found a couple forum posts > (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494387-highlight-p965.html and > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-09-30 Thread Duane Griffin
On 29/09/06, Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm looking at upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, and looking at the Asus P5B series of motherboards. I've found a couple forum posts (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494387-highlight-p965.html and http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-498160-

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-09-30 Thread Ryan Sims
On 9/30/06, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 29/09/06, Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking at upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, and looking at the > Asus P5B series of motherboards. I've found a couple forum posts > (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494387-highlight

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-09-30 Thread Ryan Sims
On 9/30/06, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 29/09/06, Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking at upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, and looking at the > Asus P5B series of motherboards. I've found a couple forum posts > (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494387-highlight

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-09-30 Thread Ryan Sims
On 9/30/06, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 29/09/06, Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm looking at upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, and looking at the > Asus P5B series of motherboards. I've found a couple forum posts > (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494387-highlight

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-10-01 Thread Duane Griffin
On 30/09/06, Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Doesn't the all-generic-ide line prevent you from using DMA and such? The two objections I've seen to that is that it restricts the speed, and also renames the drives to hd* instead of sd*, so things would get switched around if I ever got to drop

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-10-01 Thread Duane Griffin
On 30/09/06, Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/30/06, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running gentoo on exactly this setup. There was some trouble with > support for the controller prior to 2.6.18, however it all works just > fine if you use the "all-generic-ide irqpoll" bo

Re: [gentoo-user] JMicron confusion

2006-10-03 Thread Duane Griffin
On 01/10/06, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/09/06, Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/30/06, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another issue you might run into is getting the onboard RTL8168 > > ethernet controller working. > People on the forums claim they're