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Date:      Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:56:03 +0100
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, Noor Dawod <noor@comrax.com>, FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Xeon
Message-ID:  <20001204235603.B3400@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200012042222.eB4MMmF01570@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:22:48PM -0800
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10012041010530.8068-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> <200012042222.eB4MMmF01570@mass.osd.bsdi.com>

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On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:22:48PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> >   Large SMP configurations (> 4 processors) could be an issue, but that
> > wouldn't be the fault of the Xeon support but an SMP issue.  However, I
> > did see an e-mail early this year about someone booting FreeBSD on a 8 CPU
> > Xeon server.
> 
> I booted 4.1 SMP on an 8-way ProFusion box. (8 x PIII/Xeon-700)  It 
> worked as expected.

I still plan on giving 4.2 a spin on a 8-way Proliant 8000. No time yet :-(

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Wilko Bulte  	 					Arnhem, the Netherlands
wilko@freebsd.org  	http://www.freebsd.org 		http://www.nlfug.nl



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