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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:46:01 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        twibmtc@yahoo.com.tw
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD support in SMP platform
Message-ID:  <200406041146.01095.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <40C0772F.2080902@pacific.net.sg>
References:  <20040604075905.3422.qmail@web16905.mail.tpe.yahoo.com> <40C0772F.2080902@pacific.net.sg>

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On Friday 04 June 2004 09:20 am, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> twibmtc@yahoo.com.tw wrote:
> > Dear ALL
> >
> > I am james wang working at IBM taiwan. Recently, I tried to install
> >
> > FreeBSD V5.2 in IBMx455 ( Xeon CPU, 8 Way ), system.
> >
> > One way ( One CPU ) works well but system complaint to us when
> >
> > I installed 8 Ways CPU in system.
>
> Hyperthreading must be disabled because FreeBSD supports only 8 CPUs as
> I know.
>
> I run it with only two CPUs without any problems.

FreeBSD will see and support up to 16 CPUs, but it won't be very stable on 
probably more than 4 or 6.

-- 
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>  <><  http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
"Power Users Use the Power to Serve"  =  http://www.FreeBSD.org



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