Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 16:08:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Dave Alderman <dave@persprog.com> Cc: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Pentuim or Pentuim Pro ? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970407160425.15434B-100000@protocol.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <334947FA.306D@persprog.com>
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On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Dave Alderman wrote: > Stephen Roome wrote: > > > > > I've just talked to a friend here though who reminded be about > > the AMD K6, that will (apparently) be socket 7 (pentium board compatible). > > So... Is it worth going for a pentium board especially if the K6 is going > > to be all it's hyped up to be or not ? (assuming it comes out soon) > > > > The AMD K6 was released on April 2. You can order it now (at least in > the 200 Mhz version). I know of one chip dealer that is offering it > now. > > Does anyone know if this CPU has multiprocessor support? Not for FreeBSD. The basic interprocessor communications is done by the APIC hardware, of which there are two flavors: Intel's patented APIC design, and everyone else's OpenApic. Only trouble is, all the existing motherboards, and FreeBSD's software, support Intel's APIC design, not OpenApic. I'm not aware that there's any support in any OS for OpenApic, or in any motherboard that's available. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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