Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:28:28 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <bifrost@minions.com> To: Koen Schreel <K.R.A.M.Schreel@tue.nl> Cc: KT Sin <ktsin@acm.org>, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: via chipset and SMP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011151826300.33340-100000@frond.minions.com> In-Reply-To: <3A0BD201.70E5D8C4@tue.nl>
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> > I am thinking of getting a dual coppermine board with VIA chipset. > > Has anyone tried running FreeBSD SMP on such boards? Is the VIA's > > SMP chipset any good? > > I'm running an MSI 694D-pro now pretty stable with two PIII-800's. Had > some problems with memory initially, but now it runs OK for some time. I had the same problem. I initially bought PC-133 ECC Registered DIMMS, and the 694D board didn't work at all. > Not the highest performing chipset, but it has a reasonable > price/performance ratio. yah, the board is $150 and supports a decent amount of stuff. I haven't had the box crash on me yet after I got the ram stuff sorted out. Its running 4.2-BETA right now, doing pretty speedily. --- Tom bifrost@minions.com "Where am I and why am I in this handbasket?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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