Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 16:24:37 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: jonathan michaels <jlm@caamora.com.au> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intel procressor, the same but different ??? will smp work ??? Message-ID: <20040411212437.GA19655@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20040412063736.64343@caamora.com.au> References: <20040412063736.64343@caamora.com.au>
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In the last episode (Apr 12), jonathan michaels said: > i was wondering if i could get some answers to a question thats been > naging me for a while. i am about to build a 2 processor freebsd > host. it is a supermicro motherbard some 4 or 5 years old in design > and a pair of intel pentium pro (180 mhz kind) that i've gotten from > a couple of old p6 hosts that were "retired" because they could not > keep up the pace with the new microsoft windows incarnation, hence i > got the leftovers. > > my question is will smp mmode wotk with similar but not identical > type microprocessors --- in this case pentium pro, 180 mhz, same l2 > cache same every thing i think but .. perhaps different step ??? i > remember that the step had to be the same or freebsd would really > bomb badly. Different steppings are usually okay. I ran a dual p6 system for a couple of years with multiple CPUs at different times, all different steppings. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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