Subject: Re: Sparc 10 SMP hardware question
To: Chris Rupnik <chrisr@beosppc.org>
From: James Sharp <jsharp@psychoses.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/16/2001 16:26:10
> I have in now a Sparc 10. From what I can see, it has two MBUS slots.
>
> I have three MBUS modules. Two 501-2219 and one 501-2239 (that one was
> already in the machine)
>
> Should I just be able to place the two 2219's into the two mbus modules,
> boot, and that is it from a hardware point of view (I know that NetBSD only
> currently supports one cpu, but you know, i wanna try it)
I vaguely remember something about the 2219s (SM-40) not liking
to run multiprocessor cause of lack of the on-module cache controller.