Re: [gentoo-amd64] Mobo recommendations

[Mark Knecht]

On 10/17/05, James Pattinson <jamesp@××××××.org> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> If you have a mobo that you'd recommend for use with gentoo-amd64, could
> you please let me know?
>
> Things I'm looking for that are well supported on Linux
>
> * SATA 150
> * Ethernet (don't like the sound of the forcedeth driver)
> * No need for high end GFX
>
> I'm currently using an Optronix which seems to work well apart from some
> APIC issues, if these get sorted out by the manufacturer then I'd be
> happy to recomment this board.
>
> Cheers!
>
> James

Hi,
   I'm using the Asus A8N-E motherboard with an AMD64 3000+ processor.
The forcedeth driver does seem to be the only driver in the kernel
that supports this NIC but it's built into my kernel and working fine
so far.

   If I may ask, why do you not like the 'sound' of the forcedeth driver?

   I'm running this motherboard with 2.6.14-rc-rt7. It's working
quitre well so far for realtime audio stuff althoguh my workload has
been pretty light. I've got a nice 1394b 800Mb/S card, a couple of
external hard drives and a 250GB SATA drive internal. ATI PCI-Express
adapter for which I have no real driver right now. Not a problem for
me.

   The only problem I'm having with the most recent realtime kernel is
that the logout of Gnome takes almost 2 minutes. This was not a
problem a coupl eof releases back so I assume they'll work that out
pretty soon.

   Off line I helped someone get the new kernel up and running on an
A8N-SLI motherboard. I cannot recommend an SLI solution, nor does it
sound like you need it, but it's there and does work.

Hope this helps,
Mark

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