Subject: Re: Another support question...
To: After 5 PM please slip brain through slot in door. <greywolf@defender.vas.viewlogic.com>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/17/1996 19:12:42
>Does NetBSD support a Multiprocessor Pentium board which only has one
>processor in it? If so, which boards are supported?
I would be surprised if it didn't Just Work. Every board that isn't
totally screwed up. I. e. if it will run Win 95, OS/2, etc., it will
probably run NetBSD. I would expect such a board to look just like a
standard Pentium motherboard to non-SMP aware OS's, even with a second
chip installed.
The next question is: who has actually run NetBSD on such a board to
verify this claim. You might try asking the FreeBSD folks, since
they've actually played with multi-processing, and can tell you if
there are boards that are screwed up (i. e. require special software).
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