From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 00:50:58 2005 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 CC7CF16A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 00:50:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ford.blinkenlights.nl (ford.blinkenlights.nl [213.204.211.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E00B43D3F for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 00:50:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [IPv6:2001:960:301:3:a00:20ff:fe85:fa39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ford.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4EBC3F294 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:50:56 +0100 (CET) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id 65516271; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:50:56 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A08E268 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:50:56 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 01:50:56 +0100 (CET) From: Sten Spans To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050206003545.GK9350@dragon.nuxi.com> Message-ID: References: <20050122141741.9690.qmail@web26804.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <41F31836.2010403@freebsd.org> <20050206003545.GK9350@dragon.nuxi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: Would this system work correctly with FreeBSD 5.3 ? 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: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 00:50:58 -0000 On Sat, 5 Feb 2005, David O'Brien wrote: > > There are no heat issues, and the pin-out is identical to single-core > Opteron CPU's -- 940-pin. Dual-core CPU's work just fine in AMD's Quad > reference machine. That's good news. > > >>> - Quad motherboards: >>> It's a shame that tyan connects all >>> the pci interfaces on their quad motherboard >>> to one cpu. The hp/compaq quad proliant has >>> seperate buses to two cpu's for extra bandwith. > .. >> Also, I don't believe that PCI buses are connected to CPUs >> at all. They are connected via HT-PCI bridges that act as >> normal HT peers. Only memory is connected directly to the CPU. > > What he is saying is that Tyan put all the PCI-X & PCI controllers on a > single HT "chain" off of the BSP. A better design, such as the HP DL585, > connects its PCI-X controllers spread out over two CPU's (using HT > links). > The new tyan k8we looks pretty good, with all 3 of the motherboard support chips connected to different hypertransport links 2200 - pci-e x16, 32bits pci, gigabit, sata 2050 - pci-e x16, gigabit eth amd 8131 - pci-x, scsi Let's hope this won't be as troublesome as the nforce3 stuff :) -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem