From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 4 14:56:38 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 14:56:36 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A065237B400; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 14:56:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 1434XC-0006Ba-00; Mon, 04 Dec 2000 22:56:34 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.1/8.11.0) id eB4Mu3H03434; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:56:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 23:56:03 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Smith Cc: Tom , Noor Dawod , FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: Xeon Message-ID: <20001204235603.B3400@freebie.demon.nl> References: <200012042222.eB4MMmF01570@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <200012042222.eB4MMmF01570@mass.osd.bsdi.com>; from msmith@freebsd.org on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 02:22:48PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 :-( -- Wilko Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands wilko@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org http://www.nlfug.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message