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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!night.primate.wisc.edu!newsspool.doit.wisc.edu!news.doit.wisc.edu!jeffb From: jeffb@doit.wisc.edu (Jeff Bartig) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: which pentium pro (p6) motherboard? smp? Date: 14 Aug 96 16:36:51 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Lines: 28 Message-ID: <jeffb.840040611@tripe.macc.wisc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: tripe.macc.wisc.edu Keywords: motherboard pentium pro p6 X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) I've checked through the archives for this news group and the mailing lists found on www.freebsd.org, but I can't find any recent discussions of my question. What Pentium Pro motherboards are recommended for running FreeBSD? The past discussions I found mainly focused on problems with memory bandwidth and P6 availability. Have the problems been fixed in newer chipsets? What about SMP support? I've been following the little bits posted here and in the other FreeBSD mailing lists about the SMP support being worked on. While it sounds like it isn't ready for production use yet, I would like to maybe use it in the future. Can anyone working on the FreeBSD SMP project comment on motherboards that are supported? Our PC hardware person (who loves to spend other people's money) is pushing Supermicro motherboards. Any comments on Supermicro? He specifically mentioned the Super P6DNE dual processor board. 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 |