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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI vs Win NT and netscape commerce server
Date: 17 Dec 1995 00:29:13 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) wrote:
]
] In article <4ar1vh$co5@news.voicenet.com>, 900RR (900RR) writes:
] > I need SMP support. - When guys, when? I can get SMP boards for just
] > over a grand. With chips!
] 
]   Yup. However, as far as I know there isn't a standard for
] SMP PC hardware (at least one that's adhered to). When you're
] an OS vendor and you have hardware vendors offering you lots
] of money to add multiprocessor support, or when a hardware
] vendor is a partner in the OS (like DEC is with NT) and adds
] SMP support, it's easy to justify doing.

The FreeBSD SMP project has been using:

	Intel MultiProcessor Specification
	Version 1.1
	September 1994

It seems to work fine so far for ASUS PCI/ISA, PCI/EISA, and
Compaq hardware.

You can download a PostScript version from ftp.intel.com,
or you can contact:

Intel Corporation
Literature Center
P.O. Box 7641
Mt. Prospect, IL  60056-7641

or call 1-800-879-4683.

The Order number is 242016-003.

There is no charge for this document.


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.