From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 22 21:35:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA15218 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 21:35:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu ([128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA15209 for ; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 21:35:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA06326; Mon, 22 Sep 1997 21:35:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 21:35:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Eric Whitener cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual Pentium Pro 180 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Eric Whitener wrote: > I am investigating operating systems for use as an internet gateway for my > employer and have been unsuccessfully digging around in your web site > trying to find the answer to the following question: > > Does FreeBSD support dual processors? Specifically, will it run on an > Intel Dual Pentium Pro 180? If so, what version number of your > distribution do I need? Yes. With the standard system it'll run, but use only one processor. You have to run -current and SMP to get the other processor up. Unfortunately SMP isn't in a final form yet and may not necessarily be ready for production usage. CHeck out http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/ for more info. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo