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Subject: Re: supermicro boards for SMP
From: Josh Paetzel <friar_josh@webwarrior.net>
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To: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
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On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 10:26, Len Conrad wrote:
> One of my clients has or is considering these Supermicro boards for FreeBSD:
> 
> SUPER P4DLR
> 
> SUPER P4DC6+
> 
> SUPER P4DP8-G2
> 
> as built into these boxes:
> 
> http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/SUPERServer/SuperServer6022L-6.htm
> 
> http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/SUPERServer/SuperServer6022C.htm
> 
> http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/SUPERServer/SuperServer6022P-8.htm
> 
> 
> 1. Do these boxes work with FreeBSD in SMP mode (not mentioned on Freebsd 
> smp h/w page) ?
> 
> 2. If these boxes have only one CPU (the client has badly, blindly 
> over-spec'd what he thinks he needs), should they run the standard or SMP 
> kernel?
> 
> Thanks,
> Len

An smp board with one cpu can run either an smp or non-smp kernel, but
it would be best to run a non-smp kernel.

No specific experience with those boards, but smp for FreeBSD has worked
on everything I've thrown at it.

Josh



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