Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 02:00:48 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: freebsd_deamon@gmx.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PIII SMP Message-ID: <3F2637C0.78116E6E@mindspring.com> References: <27727.1059465900@www22.gmx.net>
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freebsd_deamon@gmx.net wrote: > > dear list, > > buying two PIII for a dual system ... what do i have to pay attention to > (besides the requirements of the M/B)? > aka ... are all PIII SMP capable? You want the stepping to be the same. You may not be happy with P III's. I'm not sure if the SMP code has been changed to handle only the xAPIC now, or not; there was a discussion a little while back about supporting more than 16 CPUs in a machine, which would require this change. I know that my Dual P90 machine has been unable to run -current for quite some time due to some changes that went in to the low level mp_machdep code. See also Intel's site: <http://search.intel.com/corporate/search.asp?category=ALL&SearchCrit=ALL&mh=200&isoCode=en&MimeType=ALL&version=2.0&q1=%22Pentium+III%22+SMP>; -- Terry
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