From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jun 19 4:21:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from uq.net.au (fox.uq.net.au [203.101.255.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B573414DB6 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 04:21:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mynet@uq.net.au) Received: from uq.net.au (dyn-17-74.dialin.uq.net.au [203.100.17.74]) by uq.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA08561; Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:21:21 +1000 (GMT+1000) Message-ID: <376B7D2D.C4FDB019@uq.net.au> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 21:21:17 +1000 From: Andrew X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ludwig Pummer Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP and celerons? References: <4.1.19990618174127.00aae2e0@mail-r> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG They dont support it officialy. This is because intel would like you to use their more expensive CPU's for dual configuartions. With a simple hardware hack you can run dual celerons. There are even adapter boards that now have a jumper so you dont need to do any soldering. http://www.cpu-central.com/ms-6905.html A few manufacturers have announced motherboards with dual socket370's so you simply plug 2 celerons in. http://www.abit.com.tw/english/press/1999/epress30.htm Andrew Ludwig Pummer wrote: > At 07:28 AM 6/18/1999 , Pat Lynch wrote: > >I have a dual celeron machines here (Tyan Thunder 2 board) PPGA > >Celeron/MSI DUal PPGA->Slot 1 adaptor. > > Celerons don't support multiprocessor configurations. A co-worker already > tried this (2 Celerons on an Asus P2B-D), and Intel's product info on the > Celeron doesn't mention APIC or multi-CPU configurations. > > --Ludwig Pummer ( ludwigp@bigfoot.com ) ICQ UIN: 692441 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message