Re: Motherboard chipset for NetBSD 5.1

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

The board is not the problem. If you have trouble with
booting NetBSD SMP then you might be affected by the C1E errata.
A workaround has been applied to -current today.
It should be applied to NetBSD 5.1, too.

W/o the workaround you should be able to boot NetBSD with ACPI
and w/o SMP at least.

Christoph


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> On 11/27/10 10:13 AM, Morten Gulbrandsen (Java programmer) wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have this motherboard in my mind:
> > 
> > GA-870A-UD3 (rev. 2.1)
> > 
> > http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3517#ov
> > 
> 
> I got this reply from Gigabyte:
> 
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>       Dear Mr. Gulbrandsen,
> 
> Thank you for emailing GIGABYTE.
> We are delighted with your interest in our products.
> 
> I'm sorry to inform you that we do NOT officially support any
> non-Windows operation system. The only possible way for you to check
> with is to visit the NetBSD website/Forum or the chipset makers'
> website, like AMD,