Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:33:45 -0700 From: "Adam Serediuk" <vipw@home.com> To: "Scott Myron" <zamy27@hsonline.net> Cc: <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD? Message-ID: <004501bf271d$09728c20$0564000a@fast.b0rk.net> References: <382203FA.4F4740B4@hsonline.net>
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Scott, the processors do NOT have to be the same stepping. it's just general practice to match the stepping of the cpu's when possible. I believe this has to do with the possibility of the clock rate varying slightly from stepping to stepping although I am not sure. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Myron <zamy27@hsonline.net> To: <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 3:08 PM Subject: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD? > Hello. I want to get a Dual celeron going with freebsd as the OS. My > question is, do the chips have to have the same stepping? I read > somewhere that if the chips do NOT have the same stepping, it screws up, > > and causes blue screens in NT, and i was wondering if anything similar > happens in FreeBSD. I figure it'll be difficult to get 2 celerons with > the same stepping. I am just planning on getting 2 retial ppga celeron > 433's. I read somewhere else that "it was just a myth and the processors > > do NOT have to have the same stepping." so i'm just searching for the > truth. Thanks. > > > Scott > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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