From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Apr 9 2:30:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.idgruppen.no (ns2.idgruppen.no [195.204.177.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A0A115000 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 02:30:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ragnar.nielsen@idcomnet.no) Received: from rnnt ([10.1.18.144]) by mail2.idgruppen.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA11565 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:28:05 +0200 From: "Ragnar Nielsen" To: Subject: P-II processor steppings Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:29:14 +0200 Message-ID: <000301be826b$6e936ea0$9012010a@rnnt.dhcp.osl.idgruppen.no> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Last fall, I got myself an ASUS P2B-DS with a single P-II/450 processor, planning for a second CPU later on. Now I wonder: Do I have to get a processor of the same stepping as the original one, or is it OK to mix steppings in a SMP system as long as the other CPU parameters are identical? If so, I'll postpone the purchase for a little while, saving money as the prices continue to drop. If not, I'll have to grab a stepping 2 processor while they're still available! I would be most grateful for an educated answer. Best regards, Ragnar Nielsen ragnar.nielsen@idcomnet.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message