multiprocessor support

Brooks Davis brooks at one-eyed-alien.net
Fri Nov 19 10:32:18 PST 2004


On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 09:03:58AM -0800, lee_shackelford at dot.ca.gov wrote:
>       I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a Compaq Proliant 5000 equipped
> with four Pentium Pro processors clocked at 200 mHz.  Windows Server 2000
> supports the multiple processor configuration.  I would prefer to use open
> source software.  Does any version of FreeBSD support an array of four
> processors?  If this question has been asked many times before, it is fine
> to merely point me to location at which the answer is posted.  Many thanks.

We have supported SMP for >5 years.  Of course a $300 wal-mart special
will run circles around your quad PPro and consume a fraction the power.
:-)

-- Brooks

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