From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 13:11:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70AA716A41C for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:11:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Received: from peedub.jennejohn.org (Jb487.j.pppool.de [85.74.180.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D89BF43D58 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:11:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Received: from jennejohn.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by peedub.jennejohn.org (8.13.4/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j5TDBsGX003783; Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:11:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from garyj@jennejohn.org) Message-Id: <200506291311.j5TDBsGX003783@peedub.jennejohn.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Jia-Shiun Li In-Reply-To: Message from Jia-Shiun Li of "Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:15:55 +0800." <1d6d20bc05062905156d427484@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:11:54 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 X2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:11:57 -0000 Jia-Shiun Li writes: > I suppose you meant A8V Deluxe. Asus have Athlon64 X2 on their list of > supported CPUs, all you need is to update BIOS: > Thanks for responding. Yes, I did mean A8V Deluxe. > http://support.asus.com/cpusupport/cpusupport.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=A8V%20Deluxe > > All Socket 939 boards should be able to use X2 after updating BIOS. > Should support and do support are horses of a different color. That's why I inquired on this ML. I don't really want to spend the bucks on an X2 only to find that it doesn't work, even though I'm using the latest BIOS (which I am). But, nothing risked nothing gained. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyjATjennejohnDOTorg gjATfreebsdDOTorg garyjATdenxDOTde