Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 23:18:45 -0500 (EST) From: Pete <hideaway@dashells.net> To: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dual processors. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901182318040.11019-100000@dashells.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990118200601.1561B-100000@dsinw.com>
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i guess my friend was wrong and it's really dual pent's i'll double check tho (it's colocated, so whenever i get out there for the next upgrade..) -Pete On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, rick hamell wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have: >> dual amd 300 >> >> Runs pretty nice but i realized i386 is 16 bit thus using one processor (i >> think, correct me if i'm wrong here). >> >> Do I need some kind of patch to use both processors? How do i Compile the >> system with*OUT* i386? so it will use both compilers? > > How are you running dual AMD chips? From my understanding of SMP, >the chip itself has to be made to run in a dual processor environment. >Until AMD makes a major design change, you can't use them that way. >Either way, if you've got 3.0 running, it'll work with dual processors. >BTW... I know for sure that you don't want to remove i386... it's >slightly important. Now... if any one DOES have dual AMDs actually >working, please tell me as I've got a Dual board sitting around with only >one CPU! :) > > > Rick > > > >---- "Religion exists because man can't belive that he's nothing more >then a random accident." > > http://www.dsinw.com/~hamellr > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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