Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 14:41:59 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Dave Alderman <dave@persprog.com>, Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Pentuim or Pentuim Pro ? Message-ID: <199704072041.OAA10754@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Apr 1997 16:08:42 EDT." <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970407160425.15434B-100000@protocol.eng.umd.edu>
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Hi, > > 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. For the record, there is no reason FreeBSD won't be able to support OpenApic once there are CPUs/MBs readily available. It's just that till they do become available we have many more important things to worry about! -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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