From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Feb 9 09:57:12 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA15588 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:57:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mel.alcatel.fr (mel.alcatel.fr [212.208.74.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA15578 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:57:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) Received: from aifhs2.alcatel.fr (mailhub.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.80]) by mel.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id SAA19109; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 18:56:01 +0100 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id SAA01763; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 18:53:34 +0100 (MET) Received: from telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA00275; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 18:31:02 +0100 (MET) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr (nairobi.telspace.alcatel.fr) by telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA22090; Tue, 9 Feb 99 18:39:13 +0100 Message-Id: <36C073E3.F2B82050@telspace.alcatel.fr> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 18:44:03 +0100 From: HERBELOT Thierry Organization: Alcatel Telspace X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Van Maren Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mixing P2 Types References: <199902091713.KAA17064@fast.cs.utah.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Kevin Van Maren wrote: > [Snip] > It it wasn't for the multiplier locking on the newer P-IIs, > I'd tell you to get a 350 (or faster) CPU and the P2B-DS, and > run the 350 at 266 until you upgraded to a second 350. The > faster bus makes a bigger difference under SMP due to increased > usage of the shared bus, and the 350 isn't much more than the 333. > Maybe getting two 350s isn't too far out of reach? There is a big price difference between a P2LDS and a P2BDS, and I could find a second-hand P2-266 (then much cheaper than a P2-333 or a P2-350). (anyway, it's only for my personnal use, so utmost performance is NOT the driving factor) TfH > > Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message