Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:34:39 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PIII SMP Message-ID: <XFMail.20030730153439.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <3F2637C0.78116E6E@mindspring.com>
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On 29-Jul-2003 Terry Lambert wrote: > freebsd_deamon@gmx.net wrote: >> >> dear list, >> >> buying two PIII for a dual system ... what do i have to pay attention to >> (besides the requirements of the M/B)? >> aka ... are all PIII SMP capable? > > You want the stepping to be the same. > > You may not be happy with P III's. I'm not sure if the SMP code > has been changed to handle only the xAPIC now, or not; there was > a discussion a little while back about supporting more than 16 > CPUs in a machine, which would require this change. Adding support for xAPICs isn't going to break P3 machines. Less FUD please. One of my test machines is a dual ppro 200 and although I haven't booted it in a while it ran current just fine the last time I tried. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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