From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 14 15:35:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA15580 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:35:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from po1.glue.umd.edu (root@po1.glue.umd.edu [129.2.128.44]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA15575 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:35:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from uplink.eng.umd.edu (uplink.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.181]) by po1.glue.umd.edu (8.8.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA01945; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 18:35:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by uplink.eng.umd.edu (8.8.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA16296; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 18:35:10 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: uplink.eng.umd.edu: chuckr owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 18:35:01 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@uplink.eng.umd.edu To: David Alderman cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov Subject: Re: Motherboard & ChipSet pointers? In-Reply-To: <199701141915.OAA11231@persprog.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, David Alderman wrote: > On 14 Jan 97 at 11:41, Chuck Robey proclaimed: > > > > If you're thinking about dual CPUs, I think that any of the Cyrix > > processors will be permanently out of the running. See, they decided to > > go a different route with the interrupt handling, which is central to > > running multiple CPUs. The hardware to make the Cyrix CPUs multiprocess > > isn't there. > > If I remember correctly (and I often don't), there might have been an > Intel hardware patent gumming up the works. > > If you want to have multiprocessor support, you will also need to get > a different (read: more expensive) motherboard. I'm pretty sure only > the HX chipset supports this but not all HX boards have two sockets. > Bottom line: unless you are planning for multiprocessor support I > would not worry about it. If you do plan to use multiple processors > then you will need a different motherboard and CPU. 430HX and 440FX (you forgot about Pentium-Pro boards). > > While we are on the subject, which multiple processor board is > recommended these days? I personally do not need EISA support and > would prefer not to pay for it. Does Asus have a multiprocessor > without the EISA? > ====================================== > When philosophy conflicts with reality, choose fantasy. > Dave Alderman -- dave@persprog.com > ====================================== > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------