FreeBSD Maximum CPU/RAM

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 12:39:57AM +0800, Tan Heng Chai wrote:
> Does anyone know what is the maximum CPU/RAM support for the sparc64 port? I
> currently have an Enterprise 4000 with 4x 250Mhz CPU and 3GB ram. Intending
> to upgrade to 336mhz CPUs and more ram. Have read some threads that say max
> CPU support is 8 CPUs, though not sure if this is the same for the sparc64
> port. Do help, thanks.

It's more an issue that FreeBSD won't run as efficiently as you add
more CPUs, because of lack of parallelism in the kernel (this is being
steadily worked on, of course).  I don't think 5.3 has been
well-tested on machines with more than 4 CPUs.

Kris
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