From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 2 1:31:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from members.activetech.net (members.activetech.net [209.81.201.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45CCC15483 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 01:31:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@activetech.net) Received: from wybitny (wybitny.activetech.net [209.81.201.10]) by members.activetech.net (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id DAA07553; Thu, 2 Sep 1999 03:39:35 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <017f01bef51d$025f2880$0ac951d1@activetech.net> From: "Kris Kedzierski" To: Cc: "FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org" References: <004f01bef4aa$a9f3d6e0$0ac951d1@activetech.net> <37CE2DE1.184FCFD8@alcatel.fr> Subject: Re: SMP - how many? Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 03:27:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hello, > > SMP in FreeBSD depends strongly on the CPU/Chipset functionalities : it > only works with genuine Intel processors and supports 2 processors with > standard P-II/P-III and 4 processors with Xeon procs. > > If your six-P-Pro uses an exotic chipset, you may be out of luck. > Its an ALR machine ( now Gateway) with Intel GX chipset. Would FreeBSD limit the availability of 6 cpus to 4 then? even if the chipset supports it? Thanks Kris kris@activetech.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message