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Date:      Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:21:32 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Tan Heng Chai <hengchai@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Maximum CPU/RAM
Message-ID:  <20041217192131.GA93290@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <b590cdf404121708391aff2270@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <b590cdf404121708391aff2270@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:39:57AM +0800, Tan Heng Chai wrote:
> Does anyone know what is the maximum CPU/RAM support for the sparc64 port? I
> currently have an Enterprise 4000 with 4x 250Mhz CPU and 3GB ram. Intending
> to upgrade to 336mhz CPUs and more ram. Have read some threads that say max
> CPU support is 8 CPUs, though not sure if this is the same for the sparc64
> port. Do help, thanks.

It's more an issue that FreeBSD won't run as efficiently as you add
more CPUs, because of lack of parallelism in the kernel (this is being
steadily worked on, of course).  I don't think 5.3 has been
well-tested on machines with more than 4 CPUs.

Kris

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