Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 09:53:43 +0200 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: Joachim Strombergson <Joachim.Strombergson@Ericsson.com> Cc: freebsd-smp <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FCPGA and the new Celerons in BP6 MB for SMP? Message-ID: <C12568F9.002B60BD.00@frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr>
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Hello,
I also own a BP6 (but with cel-333's), and I'm considering an upgrade.
I have for now seen two ways :
- buy a SMP board using a Via chipset (I know this seems crazy, SMP being a bit
"picky" wrt to chipset), more specifically an MSI 6321 (if it supports FCPGA's)
- keep my old BP6 as my only SMP machine, and buy a cheap but wonderfully
fast "Duron" mono-processor (~$120 for 600-MHz)
I'm afraid an upgrade of the BP6 itself will never happen (the powerleap adaptor
supported only one FCPGA the last time I checked), and anyway, the Pentium-III
chips are much too expensive for me.
TfH
Joachim Strombergson <Joachim.Strombergson@Ericsson.com> on 09/06/2000 08:46:17
To: freebsd-smp <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG>
cc: (bcc: Thierry HERBELOT/FR/ALCATEL)
Subject: FCPGA and the new Celerons in BP6 MB for SMP?
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Hi!
I'm since a year back a happy owner of a FreeBSD SMP system currently
based on the ABIt BP6 MB equipped with two Celeron 366 PPGA processors.
Then system running FreeBSD 4.0 is stable and able to take a great load,
like EMACS and StarOffice at the same time... But the speed (SETI hours
actually) isn't enough for my needs/wishes/geek-wants.
After overcooking/overclocking them (yes, yes - I know it's a no, no)
I've had a few hiccups in the system. I'm therefore resorting to more
certified ways of getting better performance (can we ever have enough?
;-)
I've tried to figure out if the BP6 or any other MB with PPGA sockets
can use the new Celerons with FCPGA packaging. There are converters to
connect a FCPGA to a Slot1 MB, but haven't seen anything related to
PPGA. Is the PPGA a dead end?
Also, are the new Celerons (566/600) SMP-able? I've asked around, but
gotten highly different answers. Should I instead opt for the older 500
or 533 MHz non-coppermine based Celerons?
So, anyone with real world experience on this? Is the truth out there?
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Med vänlig hälsning, Yours
Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning
---------------- Ericsson Microwave Systems AB -----------------
Joachim Strömbergson http://www.ericsson.se/microwave
ASIC System on Silicon engineer, nice to CUTE animals.
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