Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 18:02:52 +0000 (GMT) From: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@sunyit.edu> To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: SMP? (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970728175612.16495B-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu>
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I have a couple of questions about SMP, what boards do i have to watch out for, not working? I was recently considering, just to experiment (it would kill my budget though) to buy my roomate's P150 chip (real bargain) then buy a dual pentium mb plus another P150. The whole thing will cost me almost 400$, is it worth it? The thing is I just read that dual pentiums are nothing compared to dual pentium pros, is this true (especially running at 150mhz) What kind of performance increase could i expect over a single P150? Last general question, is the SMP kernel stable as of now and are the same drivers and ports available for it? I would like to contribute to the testing of the SMP system, is there anything i can do? Since the machine would sit idle excpet me running a little X here, and httpd/nfs/samba i wouldn't mind giving access to some of the SMP team. The machine is just a project for me. Since i'm not too 'up' on the staying current idea, maybe a pointer to the information needed to keep the kernel current would be helpful for me. As far as coding i understand a lot of operating system issues/multiprocessing, multi-cpu is a little weird for me though, but i am very interested. Thanks in advance, Alfred perlsta@sunyit.edu
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