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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!vyzynz!news.dacom.co.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!nntp.primenet.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: ALR Pentium Pro and FreeBSD? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 29 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <Dqsp97.J59@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4m5u4b$f1d@news.service.uci.edu> <DqpGnK.7DE@ritz.mordor.com> <4mat1c$qpu@shellx.best.com> Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 20:36:43 GMT Russell Carter (rcarter@shellx.best.com) wrote: : In article <DqpGnK.7DE@ritz.mordor.com>, : Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.com> wrote: : >Sam Sapoznick (ssapozni@photon.lib.uci.edu) wrote: : >: I'd like to buy an ALR Evolution Dual6 Pentium Pro to run FreeBSD on. Has any : >: one used ALR Pentium Pro-class machines to run FreeBSD? Are there any : >: general conflicts between FreeBSD and the P6? : >: : >: Here are more specific specs. : >: : >: The Dual 6 comes with one processor, with a slot for a second processor. Can : >: FreeBSD use the second processor efficiently, or at all? : >: : >: The chipset is Intel 82450KX (OrionDT) PCI. : >: BIOS is Phoenix Upgradeable Flash BIOS : >: : >: Thanks very much. : > : >Unless Intel is shipping fixed orion chipsets you're going to find : >yourself limited to about 4mb/sec of cpu to memory bandwidth...yech. : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : PCI controller to memory Oops. However, it is effectively the same since the PCI controller sits between the cpu and non-cache memory, right? Cheers, Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451