From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jul 12 15:23:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA22524 for current-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 15:23:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from GndRsh.aac.dev.com (GndRsh.aac.dev.com [198.145.92.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA22510 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 15:23:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from rgrimes@localhost) by GndRsh.aac.dev.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA13044; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 15:22:05 -0700 From: "Rodney W. Grimes" Message-Id: <199607122222.PAA13044@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on dual pentium? To: freebsd@shadows.aeon.net (Mr Operating System) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 15:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199607121826.VAA05623@shadows.aeon.net> from Mr Operating System at "Jul 12, 96 09:26:37 pm" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL11 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I was just wondering if anyone has tried to run FreeBSD current on any > > dual pentium machines? We were wondering about ordering one to use as a > > BSD server. > > i ran it today on dual p166, didnt have src's around to compile... FreeBSD-current does _not_ take any advantage of the second CPU on a dual CPU board. You where in effect running on a single P166. There is ongoing developement for SMP, subscribe to the freebsd-smp mailling list for more information. > > and i used GigaByte Dual Pentium board, it has also AHA7880 onboard, i > just loved it since having the UW on dual pentium board is more than anyone > can ask... almost... > > only bad things were the ATX layout... since the board DOES eat power from > same kind of connection than any general AT board... > > oh, and the board has also 512k cache, i had 128 megs ram on it... > > *smile* > > the machine felt extremely fast... Just as fast as any other Triton-II based P166 512K cache machine :-) -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation Company Reliable computers for FreeBSD