Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:49:41 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Pallavi Ramam <pallavi@healtheon.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD chips- experience? Message-ID: <19990205114941.L1179@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <36BA46E9.78F8AE46@healtheon.com>; from Pallavi Ramam on Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 05:18:33PM -0800 References: <36BA46E9.78F8AE46@healtheon.com>
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[Format recovered at freebie.lemis.com] On Thursday, 4 February 1999 at 17:18:33 -0800, Pallavi Ramam wrote: > Hi All, > > Has anyone had any experience with FreeBSD running on AMD chips? Yes. My main machine runs a K6-233. > The handbook mentions segmentation faults during compilation (it > also says this has been fixed). Correct. Some of the older steppings had problems, but it's been nearly 2 years since they were fixed. The older chips (K6-1) also generate a lot of heat and need good cooling. The newer chips use much lower power. > If I could more information on what to look out for, possible > problems/bugs, or your experience, I'd be grateful. There's not really much. About the only down side is that they can't run in multiprocessor configurations. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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