From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Jul 16 12:58:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-smp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA06279 for smp-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 12:58:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.177]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA06259; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 12:58:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA00290; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 21:58:22 +0200 (MET DST) To: Steve Passe cc: Bill Cox , smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP-compliant motherboards In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 16 Jul 1996 13:45:10 MDT." <199607161945.NAA28122@clem.systemsix.com> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 21:58:21 +0200 Message-ID: <288.837547101@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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! :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.