From owner-freebsd-smp Sun Apr 13 00:41:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA22413 for smp-outgoing; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 00:41:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (Ilsa.StevesCafe.com [205.168.119.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA22401 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 00:41:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Ilsa.StevesCafe.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA03311; Sun, 13 Apr 1997 01:41:32 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199704130741.BAA03311@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 From: Steve Passe To: Bruce Albrecht cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan ATX 1668 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 12 Apr 1997 13:28:57 CDT." <9704121828.AA26206@gf006e0.seag.fingerhut.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 01:41:32 -0600 Sender: owner-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, > I've got one of these on order, and I understand that there's a > ... > it matters which BIOS (AMI/Award) one is using. If it's BIOS, what's > the change that Tyan will have the BIOS manufacturers fix it if we all > complain? about 0.1% it can be worked around, its just a pain in the neck... --- > Also, this will be my first FreeBSD system (currently running > NetBSD-Amiga), and I was wondering if I should start out running > FreeBSD 2.2.1, and start looking at FreeBSD-SMP after I've gotten my > basic setup done, or take the plunge and go start to FreeBSD-3.0+SMP > kernel? Would I run 3.0 software + SMP kernel, or is there a complete > SMP tree? I suggest starting with the 3.0-970209-SNAP + SMP kernel tree. this is the point just the 2 were last merged, as is reasomnably stable. I have this combination running on both a dual P5 and dual P6. for details on installing see: http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD