Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 12:05:48 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@sunyit.edu> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP-able chips? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980102120405.7064A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199801020229.CAA14647@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
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On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > Does anyone know if any other x86 chip will work in a 2 processor > enviornment? > like the AMD K6 or the Cyrix M2 I can't answer the second question, but as to the first, all motherboards available today use the Intel Apic design, not the OpenApic design that the cpus other than Intel implement. The meaning to that is, if it's not an Intel CPU, you're not going to run SMP with it. > > also, someone said something on the list about a Slot 1 to Scoket 8 > converter, to put pentium Pro chips on a PII mother board... anyone have a > pointer to this information? > > thank you, > -Alfred > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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