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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!jeffb From: jeffb@doit.wisc.edu (Jeff Bartig) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Supermicro motherboards and SMP thoughts Date: 29 Jul 96 22:05:20 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Lines: 29 Message-ID: <jeffb.838677920@tripe.macc.wisc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: tripe.macc.wisc.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) I'm going to be getting a PC soon to run FreeBSD on. I'm looking for some advice on motherboards. I talked with the guy in our organization that buys most of our components. He is pushing motherboards made by Supermicro for servers and high-end workstations. Specifically, he mentioned their Super P6DNF motherboard. This is a dual-processor Pentium Pro 200MHz board with the 440FX chipset. (My boss hasn't told me yet how much money I have to spend, so I had no limits to give. Our hardware guy kind of went crazy with the price quote.) Has anyone had any experience with Supermicro boards? Any other recommendations? I see that the Asus motherboards seem to be quite popular. If the Asus is better, I can probably push the issue a bit more. What about SMP support? I keep reading little bits about SMP support being worked on in FreeBSD. Can anyone comment on how far along it is and how stable it is? Thanks, Jeff -- Jeff Bartig | University of Wisconsin - Madison 1210 W Dayton, Rm 3219 | Division of Information Technology Work Phone: (608) 262-8336 | Network Engineering Technology E-Mail: jeffb@doit.wisc.edu |