From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 07:04:40 2003 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 C668616A4B3 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 07:04:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.ststelecom.com (ns2.ststelecom.com [216.82.101.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5BD6343FAF for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 07:04:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eric@fnordsystems.com) Received: (qmail 64751 invoked by uid 85); 23 Oct 2003 14:05:48 -0000 Received: from eric@fnordsystems.com by server4.saturnbandwidth.net by uid 82 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 2.50. Clear:SA:0(-6.6/5.0):. Processed in 0.31463 secs); 23 Oct 2003 14:05:48 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: eric@fnordsystems.com via server4.saturnbandwidth.net X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.16 (Clear:SA:0(-6.6/5.0):. Processed in 0.31463 secs) Received: from unknown (HELO laptop.fnordsystems.com) (12.229.251.117) by 0 with SMTP; 23 Oct 2003 14:05:47 -0000 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20031023065344.03d19948@216.82.101.6> X-Sender: eric@fnordsystems.com@216.82.101.6 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 07:01:40 -0700 To: amd64@freebsd.org From: Eric Kuhnke Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_01 version=2.53 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) Subject: Celestica A8440 4-CPU system & Freebsd amd64 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: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:04:40 -0000 URL: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=celestica+A8440+validated+server+program&btnG=Google+Search Celestica's A8440 is a 4U rackmount barebones platform based on AMD's 4-CPU reference design. AMD has chosen Celestica to manufacture it for resale and relabeling by various white box server vendors. To the best of my knowledge this system has the *only* existing 4-CPU 84x motherboard. This is the ugly metal looking beast with four SCSI drive bays in the front, and three 500W power supplies in the rear. The Inquirer and The Register had photos of it back in April, May and June, but I haven't heard much since. Has anyone had a chance to play with one of these yet? FreeBSD results? eric@fnordsystems.com