From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 01:51:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CAD16A420 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:51:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [216.148.227.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73D7343D55 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:50:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Received: from eisenhower.ascendency.net ([67.173.128.145]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2005112201505701300d6puae>; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:50:57 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.14] (ipcop.localdomain [192.168.1.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by eisenhower.ascendency.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jAM1osme001851 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:50:55 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) In-Reply-To: References: <006f01c5ee5f$b71ad520$0401a8c0@Mike8500> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; boundary=Apple-Mail-2--301769399; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" Message-Id: <4F415CBF-C632-4F39-B1DD-C138F6BB8652@ascendency.net> From: Mike Loiterman Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:50:52 -0600 To: "Andrew P." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Procedure for upgrading CPU X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:51:00 -0000 --Apple-Mail-2--301769399 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Nov 21, 2005, at 7:36 AM, Andrew P. wrote: > On 11/21/05, Mike Loiterman wrote: >> I'm thinking of upgrading the CPU in my machine running 6.0- >> RELEASE with an >> SMP kernel. >> >> Is it a matter of powering down the machine, swapping chips and >> powering up? >> Is there anything else I would need to do ahead of time or after the >> upgrade? Will I need to recompile world, kernel or ports? >> >> I currently have a 2.8 GHz P4 Prescott (520) and I'm thinking of >> replacing >> it with a 3.6 GHz P4 Prescott (560J). Both are 32 bit LGA 775 >> chips. The >> motherboard is a SuperMicro P8SGA. >> >> ------------------------------ >> Mike Loiterman >> grantADLER >> Tel: 630-302-4944 >> Fax: 773-442-0992 >> Email: mike@ascendency.net >> PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > As long as you don't lose any CPU features (e.g. > SSE3 or MMX), which is clearly your case, you're > absolutely safe to just swap the chips. So would the same be true for a Pentium D - dual core or to move to a 64 bit capable chip? My kernel is already SMP enabled and running well. ------------------------------ Mike Loiterman grantADLER Tel: 630-302-4944 Fax: 773-442-0992 Email: mike@ascendency.net PGP Key: 0xD1B9D18E --Apple-Mail-2--301769399--