Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 00:21 EDT From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD-SMP and Pentium Pro (was -> Re: QuadPro Motherboard) Message-ID: <324a06bf0.2d93@databus.databus.com>
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> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 21:22:56 -0400 (EDT) > From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> > > Erich, the cost of that damn dual PPro board is so high (mostly the cost > the the 2 Ppro's) that I have to take it seriously. That's a major > portion of the reason that I've been foot dragging on doing it, because > I'm worried about getting a $2k motherboard/doorstop. Well, it's not THAT bad. I can report one experimental point: I have installed and run 2.1.5-release (non-smp) on a Supermicro P6DNE with 2 cpus installed. So at most you're out the price of 1 P6, which can always be used in a second machine. Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
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