From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 28 15:38:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4811416A401 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:38:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A00913C494 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:38:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85DB9207E; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:07:47 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: 0.0/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on tim.des.no Received: from dwp.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by tim.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 782C32049; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:07:47 +0100 (CET) Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D82A1B874; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:07:46 +0100 (CET) From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: "Ann Lee" References: <80b681a50702280156h57966d58gb081e8fb1311fc4a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:07:46 +0100 In-Reply-To: <80b681a50702280156h57966d58gb081e8fb1311fc4a@mail.gmail.com> (Ann Lee's message of "Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:56:43 +0800") Message-ID: <86tzx6e2wt.fsf@dwp.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd 4.8 max supported RAM X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:38:53 -0000 "Ann Lee" writes: > anyone who knows what is the maximum supported ram for freebsd 4.8? any > idea? 4 GB, but you may need to build a custom kernel and / or force it to ignore the top half-gigabyte or so. > can v4.8 support dual Intel Xeon 2.8Ghz processor? I believe so, though 4.8's SMP support is not very good, and it probably lacks drivers for some of the integrated peripherals (ATA / SATA controller etc.) on your motherboard. Still, it's only four years old... DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no