From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 4 17:20:00 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA26721 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:20:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA26716 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:19:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA08691; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:49:41 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.2/8.9.0) id LAA70407; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:49:41 +1030 (CST) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:49:41 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Pallavi Ramam Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD chips- experience? Message-ID: <19990205114941.L1179@freebie.lemis.com> References: <36BA46E9.78F8AE46@healtheon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i In-Reply-To: <36BA46E9.78F8AE46@healtheon.com>; from Pallavi Ramam on Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 05:18:33PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [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