Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 17:41:14 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: jzeitlin@ascend.com (Jim Zeitlin) Cc: smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie query Message-ID: <199706232241.RAA01295@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19970623222250.00c036a8@sales_srv.ascend.com> from Jim Zeitlin at "Jun 23, 97 03:22:50 pm"
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> Greetings, > > Pardon the use of ( possibly ) excessive list bandwidth but I have > some newbie questions. > > I am exploring some communications server development work and was > looking into using the Intel PR440FX dual Pentium Pro motherboard. Do > systems built around this board generally run both the FreeBSD uni-processor > release and the current FreeBSD SMP release ? ( Not at the same time ! ) Are > there working drivers for this boards integrated SCSI and 10/100BaseT > ethernet controllers for these kernels ? The marketing literature describes > the SCSI controller "Adaptec 2940UW (7880) SCSI Controller" and the ethernet > as an "Ether Express". > I haven't checked the latest -current on that machine, but it does/has worked. use 'ahc0' for the SCSI, and fxp0 for the ethernet. I am currently running that machine with SMP-current as of a week or so ago. There is a bit of a trick that you need to select APIC interrupts or somesuch in the bios. John
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