From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Dec 16 21:49:47 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id VAA00773 for smp-outgoing; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 21:49:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id VAA00768 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 21:49:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA02970; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:49:33 -0700 Message-Id: <199612170549.WAA02970@clem.systemsix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: clem.systemsix.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 From: Steve Passe To: Kory Hamzeh cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMI Merlin DP Motherboard In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Dec 1996 18:45:22 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:49:33 -0700 Sender: owner-smp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, > > I'm about to take a plung and buy the AMI Merlin DP Dual Pentium Pro > motherboard (my second choice is the SuperMicro P6DOF). Has anyone tired > running the SMP kernel on this puppy yet? Is there any reason I should > not buy this MB? I know the SMP kernel is not very stable on P6 yet, and > I know it will take several more month before it happens. I haven't received any reports on this board. In general AMI makes good hardware. Is it an EISA motherboard? I would caution against it if so. In general EISA boards can give grief under the SMP spec even if you don't use EISA cards. Unfortunately the spec allows some pretty braindead behaviour for EISA systems. Some are fine, it depends on the chipset and design used by the MB manufacturer. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD