From owner-freebsd-smp Thu Jul 24 01:04:51 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA16478 for smp-outgoing; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 01:04:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hutcs.cs.hut.fi (apl@hutcs.cs.hut.fi [130.233.192.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA16473 for ; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 01:04:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from apl@localhost) by hutcs.cs.hut.fi (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA19922; Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:04:41 +0300 (EET DST) Message-ID: <19970724110440.48213@hutcs.cs.hut.fi> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:04:40 +0300 From: Antti-Pekka Liedes To: Keith Mitchell Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AHA-3940U on Tomcat IIID, asking for trouble? References: <199707232336.TAA15727@weenix.guru.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <199707232336.TAA15727@weenix.guru.org>; from Keith Mitchell on Wed, Jul 23, 1997 at 07:36:17PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jul 23, 1997 at 07:36:17PM -0400, Keith Mitchell wrote: > > Are there any experiences of how well AHA-3940U (bridged PCI card) works > > on Tomcat IIID running freebsd-smp? I read the FBSD-SMP pages concerning > > bridged cards and it doesn't look promising. > > It will work, but it will require kernel patches. I can't speak for the > 4.0 BIOS, but earlier BIOSes did not build the MP table to include > cards with PCI-PCI bridges on them. If you run the MPtable program and > it lists more than one PCI bus you are probably fine though. > Replying my own questions myself, this is what I found from www.tyan.com: "S56AW401.ZIP Ver 4.01 adds support for Intel MMX, AMD K5, and Cyrix CPUs; 512 MB memory; USB; LS120 bootable, APM1.2; SCO Unix SMP with SCSI; DMI & Year2000 ready. For MBs shipped with 3.xx / 4.xx BIOSs ONLY - Fixes 3IDE Spindown and second channel support for Adaptec 3940UW." I'll give it a try when I get the second multiprocessing capapble CPU. > -- > Keith Mitchell Head Administrator: acm.vt.edu > Email: kmitch@weenix.guru.org PGP key available upon request > http://weenix.guru.org/~kmitch > Address and URL (c) 1997 Keith Mitchell - All Rights Reserved > Unauthorized use or duplication prohibited -- Antti-Pekka Liedes * apl@IRC * In two hells there's JMT 6 B 406 * apl@iki.fi * one hell too many 02150 ESPOO * apl@apocalypse.tky.hut.fi * - Lucifer +358 - 9 - 468 3121 * +358 - 40 - 5873 593 * (in God's Army)