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From: Reshmakov Roman <ml@rrv.ru>
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Cc: mukul choudhuri <mukul_chou@yahoo.co.in>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re[2]: Hardware requirement
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We sucessfuly use amd64 arch on Intel Xeon CPUs.


> On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 12:56:04PM +0100, mukul choudhuri wrote:

>> Would U Plz. tell me about MAX amount of RAM freeBSD supports per
>> processor in SMP systems?

> Depends on the architecture. A 32 bit x86 chip can address 4GB, unless
> you have the PAE extension in the kernel. In that case it is 64
> GB. Beware that some drivers are not compatible with PAE.

> The amd64 architecture has been tested with 8 GB.

> For other architectures, see the release notes:
> http://www.nl.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/hardware.html=20

>> Does a dualcore system be considered as SMP system? Say an AMD X2 or Cor=
e2Duo?

> Yes, AFAIK.

> Roland



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