From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 22:45:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C501316A420 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:45:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from ford.blinkenlights.nl (ford.blinkenlights.nl [213.204.211.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D5C943D48 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:45:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [IPv6:2001:980:ffe:3:a00:20ff:fe85:fa39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ford.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51DCBDBC; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:45:34 +0100 (CET) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id DAC0021B; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:45:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0102213; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:45:33 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:45:33 +0100 (CET) From: Sten Spans To: "V. T. Mueller" In-Reply-To: <43FE094A.8030302@datafarm.de> Message-ID: References: <43FCEF9C.5050308@bluelight.org.uk> <20060223113840.78b0a1c2.kgunders@teamcool.net> <43FE048F.7030702@datafarm.de> <200602231550.48331.joao@matik.com.br> <43FE094A.8030302@datafarm.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD 64 stability X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:45:37 -0000 On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, V. T. Mueller wrote: > > I was relating to "server usage", as stated in the first sentence of my > original email - which you decided not to quote. > > Of course the A8V is no server board. So the limitations by design will > prevent a couple of pitfalls that were otherwise possible. If the original > poster is going to buy a server board/system, he should carefully collect > information regarding the whole environment he is about to set up. > > Besides, you should take a look on the compatibilty list again, counting the > number of server boards with chipsets that can address up to 32 GB of RAM ;) Opterons don't use chipsets to access main memory ... The motherbord just needs enough slots and good enough traces to support a fully populated memory bus. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem