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>On 9/9/06, Roman Lyashenko <
<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware> roman787 at
ukrintell.com.ua> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anybody know if FreeBSD supports new Intel 64-bit  dual-core
XEON
>> 5050 or maybe going to support in the future?
>>
>
>As Mike said, just a new CPU, which, by the way, is seen as 4 CPUs,
>because of its dual core and hyper-threading technology, as far as I
>understand.
>
>
<http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/products/server/pr
ocessors/5000/feature/index.htm>
http://www.intel.com/cd/channel/reseller/asmo-na/eng/products/server/pro
cessors/5000/feature/index.htm

 

Yes, it's true. But as far as I know FreeBSD supports 64-bit
architecture for Intel Intanium and AMD processors only. What about
Xeon?

What FreeBSD branch should be used for 64-bit  dual-core XEON 5050 with
Supermicro motherboard and 8 GB of RAM?

 

Dmitry