Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:25:18 +0000 From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, lem@cantv.net Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP kernel on Compaq anyone? Message-ID: <E0yFMad-0001Lv-00@ash1.doc.ic.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> "Re: SMP kernel on Compaq anyone?" (Mar 18, 9:06am)
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On Mar 18, 9:06am, John Polstra wrote: } Subject: Re: SMP kernel on Compaq anyone? > In article <3.0.5.32.19980317211035.00a2b290@pop.cantv.net>, > =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22Luis_E=2E_Mu=F1oz=22?= <lem@cantv.net> wrote: > > > Is anyone running SMP FreeBSD on Compaq hardware? > > I would be interested in knowing about your setup > > as we're considering this alternative. > I don't know the answer to your question, but I would be surprised if > SMP FreeBSD ran on Compaq machines. Compaq, like the neighborhood > dog, is incapable of walking past a bush without pissing on it. As > a result, Compaq hardware is incompatible in many ways, down to > the smallest trivial detail. Even the power supply connectors are > nonstandard. Even the screws holding the case together are strange. > This was true years ago when I made the mistake of buying a Compaq > DeskPro 386/20, and it's been true ever since. I was using FreeBSD on an HP E40 for development last summer and it worked fine. I think they make multiprocessor versions of these machines, I have no experience of them but they might be worth a look. Regards, Niall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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