better ask on misc@ On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 12:24:19PM +0100, Mike Williams wrote: ; Hi, ; ; An old VIA mini-itx board has died after 5 years continuous use and ; I want replace the m/board (low power and case size is useful to ; me). I use it as a desktop machine so looking for better than VESA ; fb graphics support but not used for games so not looking for ; stellar 3D performance. ; ; VIA seem to have all but dropped out of the retail market, all I can ; find is the VIA VE-900 with VX900 which seems to be too bleedin' ; edge for openchrome support for a year or so. ; ; So I am looking at the Gigabyte GA-D525TUD with a Intel GMA 3150. ; The only references I can find on marc.info are from 2 years ago and ; implies it has been supported since OBSD 4.8. It is not listed ; under the intel(4) driver. Can anyone confirm it is supported? And ; if so which driver is used? ; ; One alternative is the Intel D2700MUD with an Intel GMA 3650 which ; seems to be a re-badged PowerVR. But all I can google up is that ; Intel have no open-sourced their drivers so seem unlikely to be ; supported by OBSD. ; ; Any experiences with using OBSD for desktop use on mini-itx boards ; much appreciated. FWIW the case is small (wont support a video ; card) with an 80W supply a HDD and a DVD drive, so a socketed ; m/board is not an option. ; ; Mike ;
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