From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 13 18:42:40 2004 Return-Path: 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 A6AE116A4CE for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:42:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3634943D64 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:42:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F1FA1FE23; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:42:39 -0600 (CST) Received: from mail.wolves.k12.mo.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.wolves.k12.mo.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01921-01-3; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:42:37 -0600 (CST) Received: by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0D6751FE1E; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:42:37 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wolves.k12.mo.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A81B1A90D; Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:42:37 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:42:37 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon To: Francisco Reyes In-Reply-To: <20041213075011.K66771@zoraida.natserv.net> Message-ID: <20041213122450.Q1434@duey.wolves.k12.mo.us> References: <20041213075011.K66771@zoraida.natserv.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at wolves.k12.mo.us cc: FreeBSD amd64 List Subject: Re: SMP support and Tyan S288X boards X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:42:40 -0000 On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Looking for opteron boards got some reports of Tyan S288X boards > working. Does the AMD64 version of FreeBSD support SMP well in these > boards? > > In http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64.html it says that it > supports Mutiprocessor, so just wondering how it works on those Tyan > boards. > > Anything in particular that needed to be changed other than enabling > SMP in the kernel? I just removed FreeBSD/i386 and did a fresh install of FreeBSD/amd64 on my Tyan S2885 (Thunder K8W) with dual Opteron 244's and 2GB RAM and it works great. Great board. 5.3-RELEASE/amd64 GENERIC kernel worked fine, and a custom 5.3-STABLE/amd64 SMP kernel seems to be working just as well. It's building X/KDE/etc right now, but I won't know how well that goes until I get home. The only thing I did to the custom kernel was add SMP and remove all of the drivers for unused stuff, including lots of ISA drivers (but not the ISA bus driver, we still need that). Are there really AMD64 boards out there with ISA slots? -- Chris Dillon - cdillon(at)wolves.k12.mo.us FreeBSD: The fastest, most open, and most stable OS on the planet - Available for IA32, IA64, AMD64, PC98, Alpha, and UltraSPARC architectures - PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and S/390 under development - http://www.freebsd.org Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?