Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 11:43:53 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.org, mightymartianca@hotmail.com Cc: muc-lists-freebsd-smp@moderators.muc.de Subject: Re: SMP on Older Hardware Message-ID: <200411231143.53682.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <slrncq4d0a.19b.mightymartianca@aaronclausen.alberni.net> References: <slrncq4d0a.19b.mightymartianca@aaronclausen.alberni.net>
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On Monday 22 November 2004 01:46 pm, AC wrote: > I've got an old dual processor box (two 233mhz Pentiums) running Linux with > a 2.4.22 kernel. I was thinking of trying FreeBSD. Will FreeBSD support > this older configuration? It should work fine, but the SMP code in 5.x isn't well tested on certain older MP Tables, so there's a chance it might only work with SMP disabled for now until I can fix the problems with older MP Tables. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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