Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:55:24 -0600 (CST) From: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com> To: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi) Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD K5 Pentium Equivalents Message-ID: <199703181955.NAA01991@main.gbdata.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970318161851.873A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> from Narvi at "Mar 18, 97 04:22:05 pm"
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Narvi wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Gary Clark II wrote: > > > You can run only Intel chips in FreeBSD SMP due to the fact that the others > > (Cyrix and AMD) use a different standard for PIC usage. > > (Please correct if I'm wrong on this) > > This is a bit late reply, but still: > > Could FreeBSD be made to run AMD chips in SMP mode? That is - are the SMP > motherboards capable of running the AMD (and Cyrix chips) in SMP, and the > only thing on the way is the software? Or are different SMP motherboards > required? You would have to change both motherboard AND FreeBSD to run these chips. Does anyone know of any motherboards with the new PIC standard running on it? > Sander Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups mail info@GBData.COM for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/freebsd-faq.ascii
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