From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jul 3 23:59:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1A2F37B400; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 23:59:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from overcee.wemm.org (12-232-114-102.client.attbi.com [12.232.114.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F5A043E09; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 23:59:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) Received: from wemm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.wemm.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FDA2390F; Wed, 3 Jul 2002 23:59:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@wemm.org) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Chuck Robey Cc: "David O'Brien" , "George V. Neville-Neil" , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recommended MP development machines... In-Reply-To: <20020703233926.N66398-100000@april.chuckr.org> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 23:59:15 -0700 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20020704065915.8FDA2390F@overcee.wemm.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Chuck Robey wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, David O'Brien wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 07:43:22PM -0700, George V. Neville-Neil wrote: > > > I know everyone says "they all work" but i'd like some recommendations on > > > MP machines for -CURRENT work. I'll be ordering one this week. > > > > There is but _1_ dual system to get -- Tyan Thunder K7 (code name Guinness) . > > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk7.html. It comes in multiple > > flavors, but mine is the dual-channel Ultra160, dual-3com 10/100, 5-64bit > > PCI, 1 AGP version. You can cheap out and not get the non-SCSI S2462NG > > model. Match this bad-boy up with a pair of fast Athlon `MP' (not `XP') > > CPU's and it is a totally solid system. Various FreeBSD committers also > > have this system. > > > > There is a newer [more economic] version called the Thunder K7X. > > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk7x.html > > "more economic" is a poor way to describe it, seeing as it has all the > features, plus (1) an updated version of the AMD mp chipset and (2) a > fixed onboard usb port. The K7 had a broken on-board usb (the AMD > chipset had a PCI contention bug for the usb port, so the tin back panel > of the board blocked out the usb, and the K7 came with a PCI usb card, > which ate up one of your PCI slots. The K7X has a repaired on-board usb, > so you get that PCI slot back. Hmmmmm..... Do you have any details on this? I've had occasional strange USB-related things happen on this box. Of course, it runs -current which puts me into the USB danger-zone enough as it is.. but what happens when this bug is triggered? Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message