Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:55:06 -0800 (PST) From: Garth Corral <garthc@compass-da.com> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMI Merlin DP Motherboard Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961217154527.24988C-100000@mirage> In-Reply-To: <199612170549.WAA02970@clem.systemsix.com>
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On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > > > > I'm about to take a plung and buy the AMI Merlin DP Dual Pentium Pro > > motherboard (my second choice is the SuperMicro P6DOF). Has anyone tired > > running the SMP kernel on this puppy yet? Is there any reason I should > > not buy this MB? I know the SMP kernel is not very stable on P6 yet, and > > I know it will take several more month before it happens. > > I haven't received any reports on this board. In general AMI makes good > hardware. Is it an EISA motherboard? I would caution against it if so. > In general EISA boards can give grief under the SMP spec even if you > don't use EISA cards. Unfortunately the spec allows some pretty braindead > behaviour for EISA systems. Some are fine, it depends on the chipset > and design used by the MB manufacturer. > Would you caution against the purchase of any MP EISA board or just P6? I have several EISA cards from my current system that I would like to reuse and am considering the purchase of an AMI Titan III motherboard. The cost of replacing these with PCI cards makes the cost of upgrading prohibitive. Do these motherboards cause the same problems with other (Sun, SCO) SMP implementations? Does anyone have any comments either negative or positive about this particular motherboard? Many thanks in advance, > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | FreeBSD > Garth Corral
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