From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Nov 21 12:49:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA16191 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 12:49:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (brosenga.st.pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA16182 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 12:48:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA00263; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 12:54:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 12:54:07 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre To: Steven Wallace cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium Pro status In-Reply-To: <199611211855.KAA29654@newport.ece.uci.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Steven Wallace wrote: > > I wanted some input regarding Pentium Pro machines. > Has anyone had any problems with the hardware and/or using it with > FreeBSD? > > Are there any problems with the PP chipset(is the latest Orion II or something?) > I remember hearing about PCI problems with the chipset. Someone > told me they still have problems in orion II. Is this true? > > What motherboards for Pentium Pro are good and reliable? > > What about multiprocessor support? Does anyone have FreeBSD hacks to > support multiple processors? How well is it working? > > Thank you, > > Steven Wallace I'm using a PPro-200 with the 440FX chipset, I don't remember its nickname. I've had no problems with it at all. Ben