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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:58:03 +0100
From: Rink Springer <rink@FreeBSD.org>
To: Carlos Vicente <cjpvicente@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Intel Atom processor
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Hi Carlos,

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 01:05:20PM +0000, Carlos Vicente wrote:
> I would like to know if all the Intel Atom Processors are supported on
> FreeBSD 7.2. The reason is that I want to implement a Firewall system with a
> less expensive processor, so I came up with this solution, but I don't want
> to buy it without your confirmation.

I'm using an Intel Atom 330 as my home router, and it works great (I do
run FreeBSD 8 on it, but 7 would work fine as well). Same goes for the
Atom in my Acer Aspire One netbook (1.6GHz); there shouldn't be any
problems.

Regards,

-- 
Rink P.W. Springer                                - http://rink.nu
"Beauty often seduces us on the road to truth."
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