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Date:      Tue, 16 Jul 1996 21:58:21 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>
To:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
Cc:        Bill Cox <bill@thuvia.qstools.com>, smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP-compliant motherboards 
Message-ID:  <288.837547101@critter.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Jul 1996 13:45:10 MDT." <199607161945.NAA28122@clem.systemsix.com> 

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In message <199607161945.NAA28122@clem.systemsix.com>, Steve Passe writes:
>Hi,
>
>Bill Cox said:
>> Could you developers each tell us what motherboard
>> you're using?  I'm planning to purchase one later
>> this year...
>
>Yes, PLEASE.  I too am ready to buy another board and will be real bummed if
>I get something that is incompatible!  Also, any links to Web pages discussing
>hardware standards for SMP, etc. would be most appreciated.  It's hard to
>shop for a board when you don't know what questions to ask.

Anything that is compliant with the "Intel MP-spec" should be OK.

Havn't heard anything yet that didn't work, though the HP 2xP6/150 starts
up on the wrong CPU.  Peter is working on that bit of the code, so it
shouldn't be a problem for long (hint! hint! :-)

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