From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 11 17:59:53 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3871116A4CE for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:59:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8234543D46 for ; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:59:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr8so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.24])2004)) with ESMTP id <0IES00G5UNABSUD1@l-daemon> for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:58:59 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml8so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.152]) by pd3mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IES002KXNABNM90@pd3mr8so.prod.shaw.ca> for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:58:59 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.0.60] (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.209.6]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0IES00A19NABX3@l-daemon> for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:58:59 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 10:58:50 -0700 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <200504111755.LAA16933@lariat.org> To: Brett Glass Message-id: <425ABADA.8000403@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 References: <200504111755.LAA16933@lariat.org> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050406) cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ready for dual core Opterons? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:59:53 -0000 Brett Glass wrote: > According to the article at > > http://www.techweb.com/wire/hardware/160503169 > > AMD is going to be launching dual core Opterons this month. Will FreeBSD 5.4 > be ready to handle them? My understanding is that dual core opterons just look like multiple processors to the operating system, so there should be no problems. For that matter, my understanding is that dual core opterons *are* separate processors, connected only via their normal external interface. Colin Percival