From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed May 20 12:18:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA03469 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 20 May 1998 12:18:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA03377 for ; Wed, 20 May 1998 12:18:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA01203; Wed, 20 May 1998 11:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805201814.LAA01203@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Emmanuel Gravel cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and the PentiumII processor In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 20 May 1998 11:35:48 PDT." <3562C014.36712FD@elr346.ateng.az.honeywell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 11:14:22 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > What's the status on compatibility between the two? If I want to get > a dual PII 400 system, as an example, will FreeBSD support it fully? > What would potential problems be? You'll need to run -current to take advantage of both processors. That might be a problem in and of itself, although it depends on just how much you want to hurt yourself. If you feel reasonably comfortable with taking care of yourself, it's definitely worth the effort. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message