From owner-freebsd-smp Mon Dec 16 22:10:17 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA01477 for smp-outgoing; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:10:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from avatar.avatar.com (avatar.avatar.com [199.33.206.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA01472 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:10:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from avatar.avatar.com (kory@avatar.avatar.com [199.33.206.17]) by avatar.avatar.com (8.7.4/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA03241; Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:09:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 22:09:40 -0800 (PST) From: Kory Hamzeh To: Steve Passe cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMI Merlin DP Motherboard In-Reply-To: <199612170549.WAA02970@clem.systemsix.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-smp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Steve Passe wrote: > 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. > Hi Steve, The AMI Merlin DP is a PCI system. It uses the Intel 440FX chipset. In the past, I've always had good luck with AMI stuff. I would prefer to use the AMI MB instead of the SuperMicro. SuperMicro customer support is truly pathetic. Thanks, Kory