From owner-freebsd-platforms Fri Nov 16 22:54:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org Received: from femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B33C737B405 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:54:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mouse ([24.176.48.110]) by femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20011117065436.FNIW880.femail15.sdc1.sfba.home.com@mouse> for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:54:36 -0800 Message-ID: <002101c16f34$c4066320$6464a8c0@mouse> Reply-To: "Kris Anderson" From: "Kris Anderson" To: "freebsd platforms" Subject: Dual Processing Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:54:55 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001E_01C16EF1.B57E46D0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C16EF1.B57E46D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I am thinking about building a new system using dual processing with = either Intel or AMD. I checked bug reports regarding Freebsd and SMP = and saw an open problem. The hardware that I'm thinking about going to will be using a Tyan Tiger = mother board with dual AMD Athlon MP CPUs. The experience with FreeBSD = 4.x and Tyan boards is that SMP seems to be broke. Has the problem been solved or will it be an episode found on Unsolved = Mysteries? ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C16EF1.B57E46D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I am thinking about building a new = system using=20 dual processing with either Intel or AMD. I checked bug reports = regarding=20 Freebsd and SMP and saw an open problem.

The hardware that I'm thinking about going to will be using a = Tyan=20 Tiger mother board with dual AMD Athlon MP CPUs. The = experience with=20 FreeBSD 4.x and Tyan boards is that SMP seems to be broke.

Has the problem been solved or will it be an episode found on = Unsolved=20 Mysteries?

------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C16EF1.B57E46D0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-platforms" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-platforms Sat Nov 17 8:49:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org Received: from turtle.looksharp.net (cc360882-d.strhg1.mi.home.com [24.13.43.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B73B37B405 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 08:49:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by turtle.looksharp.net (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 773B03EB1; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 11:49:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 11:49:31 -0500 From: Adam McDougall To: Kris Anderson Cc: freebsd platforms Subject: Re: Dual Processing Message-ID: <20011117114930.A11089@looksharp.net> References: <002101c16f34$c4066320$6464a8c0@mouse> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <002101c16f34$c4066320$6464a8c0@mouse>; from animotions@home.com on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 10:54:55PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mine works just great with dual Athlon XP 1800+ cpu's, including in SMP mode. I have also seen one other report from a webpage of a Tiger MP working fine with FreeBSD and a slower set of XP cpu's. I have the 1.02 bios revision, and a 1.03 is available but I dont feel the need to use it. My system is rock solid in FreeBSD, I have not had a single stability issue yet. On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 10:54:55PM -0800, Kris Anderson wrote: I am thinking about building a new system using dual processing with either Intel or AMD. I checked bug reports regarding Freebsd and SMP and saw an open problem. The hardware that I'm thinking about going to will be using a Tyan Tiger mother board with dual AMD Athlon MP CPUs. The experience with FreeBSD 4.x and Tyan boards is that SMP seems to be broke. Has the problem been solved or will it be an episode found on Unsolved Mysteries? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-platforms" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-platforms Sat Nov 17 10:16:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org Received: from femail22.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail22.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4F8137B416 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:16:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mouse ([24.176.48.110]) by femail22.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20011117181649.MCP621.femail22.sdc1.sfba.home.com@mouse>; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:16:49 -0800 Message-ID: <003a01c16f94$17e59790$6464a8c0@mouse> Reply-To: "Kris Anderson" From: "Kris Anderson" To: "Adam McDougall" Cc: "freebsd platforms" References: <002101c16f34$c4066320$6464a8c0@mouse> <20011117114930.A11089@looksharp.net> Subject: Re: Dual Processing Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:17:18 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: owner-freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Are you using a Tyan motherboard and if not which one are you using? I currently have a Tyan Tomcat board for a Pentium (I) chips and I've tried it on FreeBSD 4.1 and maybe 4.2 and the kernel locks up on booting. I am using 3.5.1-RELEASE and it works great. I've backed up my current sysetm and will be giving 4.x another try and see what happens if it appears to work fine with SMP then I will most likely go with the AMD CPU if not I'll probably go with an Intel solution. > Mine works just great with dual Athlon XP 1800+ cpu's, including in > SMP mode. I have also seen one other report from a webpage of a > Tiger MP working fine with FreeBSD and a slower set of XP cpu's. > I have the 1.02 bios revision, and a 1.03 is available but I > dont feel the need to use it. My system is rock solid in FreeBSD, > I have not had a single stability issue yet. > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 10:54:55PM -0800, Kris Anderson wrote: > > I am thinking about building a new system using dual processing with either Intel or AMD. I checked bug reports regarding Freebsd and SMP and saw an open problem. > > The hardware that I'm thinking about going to will be using a Tyan Tiger mother board with dual AMD Athlon MP CPUs. The experience with FreeBSD 4.x and Tyan boards is that SMP seems to be broke. > > Has the problem been solved or will it be an episode found on Unsolved Mysteries? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-platforms" in the body of the message