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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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freebsd_deamon@gmx.net wrote:
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> dear list,
> 
> buying two PIII for a dual system ... what do i have to pay attention to
> (besides the requirements of the M/B)?
> aka ... are all PIII SMP capable?

You want the stepping to be the same.

You may not be happy with P III's.  I'm not sure if the SMP code
has been changed to handle only the xAPIC now, or not; there was
a discussion a little while back about supporting more than 16
CPUs in a machine, which would require this change.

I know that my Dual P90 machine has been unable to run -current
for quite some time due to some changes that went in to the low
level mp_machdep code.

See also Intel's site:

<http://search.intel.com/corporate/search.asp?category=ALL&SearchCrit=ALL&mh=200&isoCode=en&MimeType=ALL&version=2.0&q1=%22Pentium+III%22+SMP>

-- Terry