FreeBSD on AMD Epyc boards

Kurt Jaeger lists at opsec.eu
Wed Feb 14 08:15:55 UTC 2018


Hi!

> To have a bit of a work around for the Intel Meltdown bug (yes, no
> Spectre), I wanted to try out some AMD based CPUs.  So far so good using
> a SuperMicro H11SSL-i.  A decent server board using an Epyc CPU.  All
> the things you need and expect for a server grade MB

On the plus side: 16+16 cores, on the minus: A low CPU tact of 2.2 GHz.
Would a box like this be better for a package build host instead of 4+4 cores
with 3.x GHz ?

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