Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 20:14:07 BST From: Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP question. Message-ID: <m7BDBDDAD@longacre.demon.co.uk> References: <199704161654.KAA17607@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com>
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Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> wrote: > Hi, >> I have Neptune dual-Pentium motheboard. Currently the one P-90 >> installed. FreeBSD-2.2. If I install the second P-90 does performance >> grow ? > some things yes, some things no... in general its a win. > there is some possibility that the P-90 (I assumme you mean P5-90) will > be a problem. That vintage of P5 is from the days when the APIC section > was somewhat unstable, and often required a "matched pair" of CPUs, ie 2 > from the same stepping and rev level. Is this ever necessary for a 2 or 4 P6-150? -- Michael Searle - csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk
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