From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Mar 13 11:45:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4DA437BE54 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 11:45:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA00931; Mon, 13 Mar 2000 11:47:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200003131947.LAA00931@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: stein@ife.no Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: SMP on Intel OR840 MB? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:45:48 +0100." <38CCB8CB.D1B35D6@ife.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 11:47:28 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Just as a general "heads up", I'm having problems with SMP on an i840-based board at the moment. I haven't had time to characterise it (still! 8(), but you should be careful for a little while here. > As the subject says, do anyone have any experience with > SMP on the OutRigger ( OR840 ) motherboard. I`ve just checked > the "questions", "hardware" and "smp" mail list archives, and found > no relevant info on this. > > I`ve just bought the motherboard, and are waiting for the > PIII 833MHz CPU`s to become available. But I would like to minimize > the "gambling factor" regarding SMP and buy just one CPU if the > chanches are small that SMP will work. > > Any info are appreciated... > > --Stein Morten > > -- > /* Stein M Sandbech Email: stein@ife.no ** > ** Senior Systems Engineer, EDP dept Email: stein@www.ife.no** > ** Institute for Energy Technology Tel: +47 63 80 60 00 ** > ** Box 40, N-2007 Kjeller, NORWAY Fax: +47 63 81 11 68 */ > > > > > > > 
Hi
> > 
As the subject says, do anyone have any experience with
> SMP on the OutRigger ( OR840 ) motherboard. I`ve just checked
> the "questions", "hardware" and "smp" mail list archives, and found
> no relevant info on this.
> > 
I`ve just bought the motherboard, and are waiting for the 
> PIII 833MHz CPU`s to become available. But I would like to minimize
> the "gambling factor" regarding SMP and buy just one CPU if the
> chanches are small that SMP will work.
> > 
Any info are appreciated...
> > 
--Stein Morten
> > 
-- 
> /* Stein M Sandbech                  Email: stein@ife.no    **
> ** Senior Systems Engineer, EDP dept Email: stein@www.ife.no**
> ** Institute for Energy Technology   Tel: +47 63 80 60 00   **
> ** Box 40, N-2007 Kjeller, NORWAY    Fax: +47 63 81 11 68   */
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