From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932337AbVIMU0s (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:26:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932394AbVIMU0s (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:26:48 -0400 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.197]:17081 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932337AbVIMU0r convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:26:47 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=IM2FL3YnyZM2M6k7qJxFkEfwJ4k3IFv4jUEBaPEIz5Ilj4mDjqJTWOTZbsTI/3PyyBPZk95utXJo5h1zxACKYO03DOUa8laMbaY2nHt1rXxYbaxgZA3BiMUJcWYI5LhffVHpi8PGqyB06dnIGGoyMWf0O9ORc6giXdmtpoz2zAE= Message-ID: <2f8462f30509131326685f75ac@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:26:43 -0400 From: Steve Feehan Reply-To: sfeehan@gmail.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: supported features of nForce4 2200 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi. I apologize for asking such simple questions, but I was unable to find clear answers after several hours of search. I've been asked to build 6 Opteron systems that support SATA-300, gigabit ethernet and PCI Express. The systems will be used for 3D visualization and must have high end Nvidia Quadro cards. In particular, we're looking at the TYAN K8WE which has nForce Professional 2200 and 2050 chipsets. >>From what I've found, I'm fairly certain that there is /some/ support for the Nvidia nForce4 chipset in the Linux kernel, but a few details are still not clear: 1. Is the 3Gb/s speed supported? 2. I know that NCQ is not (and will not) be supported. Otherwise a drive that supports NCQ should still function? 3. Does the forcedeth driver support the gigabit ethernet controller on the nForce 2200 and 2050 chipsets? Finally, and yes I know this is a stretch, do you have any other advice for building a system that meets the specs above? Chipsets with open specs and better drivers? I would much prefer to purchase hardware from a vendor who better supports the kernel community, but Nvidia graphics cards are a hard requirement, so... Thank you in advance for taking time to answer my questions. Also, please Cc. me as I'm not subscribed to the list. -- Steve Feehan