From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Jun 30 00:40:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA23143 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:40:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA23083 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:39:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA07202; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:38:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) To: Atipa cc: Tony Kimball , rotel@indigo.ie, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPro vs PII In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 29 Jun 1998 21:24:47 MDT." Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:38:40 -0700 Message-ID: <7197.899192320@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > You can use up to 8 Xeons simultaneously. I wish people would stop arguing the theoretical and start arguing the practical. Where can I buy an 8-way Xeon board? And for how much? And can I get 8 chips for it without any hassles? If the answer is "not yet" then Bzzzzzt, thanks for playing, and here's a copy of our home game. Come back when there's an actual, tangible product to talk about. :) P.S. You never did take up my challenge of proposing a better ports collection design after raising such a ruckus about it before. Do you also design, or only whine? :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message