Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:20:42 -0400 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing 2nd CPU on SMP board Message-ID: <7BF2FC41-83C1-4E8C-8201-846783762B7B@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20051019204428.GB46703@polands.org> References: <20051019204428.GB46703@polands.org>
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On Oct 19, 2005, at 4:44 PM, Doug Poland wrote: > I've inherited an SMP machine for which I've no documentation and > don't > have convenient access to the hardware itself. The computer has a > single Xeon 2.8GHz CPU and I'd like to purchase another CPU. Question > is, can I simply match another Xeon of the same speed and expect it to > work? You want to get the same speed, FSB, and family number of Xeon, and it is preferable to get the same stepping number if possible. > If I need more info, will dmesg(8) tell me what I need to know? If you understand how to translate the dmesg display into processor steppings, sure. See pages 16-17 of: http://download.intel.com/design/Xeon/specupdt/24967849.pdf -- -Chuck
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