Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:15:26 +0200 From: martin hudec <corwin@aeternal.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 2nd CPU on SMP board Message-ID: <20051019221526.GA4772@pleiades.aeternal.net> In-Reply-To: <20051019204428.GB46703@polands.org> References: <20051019204428.GB46703@polands.org>
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--h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:44:46PM -0500 or thereabouts, Doug Poland wrote: > I've inherited an SMP machine for which I've no documentation and don't > have convenient access to the hardware itself. The computer has a > single Xeon 2.8GHz CPU and I'd like to purchase another CPU. Question > is, can I simply match another Xeon of the same speed and expect it to > work? If I need more info, will dmesg(8) tell me what I need to know? well best for you will be to find information about your current CPU which is in place, by using sysutils/dmidecode port which will tell you what kind of CPU (frequency, L2 cache etc.) you have. have a nice day, Martin --=20 martin hudec * 421 907 303 393 * corwin@aeternal.net * http://www.aeternal.net "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible=20 exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws." Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDVsV+ZYEZIv+rgggRApRhAJ42ROnNva5KTYT+Klpgq5Ajp//XVQCcCY+1 g3QhscOdLipEOsx0ZiCjvU0= =rD+c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF--
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