Subject: Re: 4-way MP on Netfinity 7000?
To: Robert F Schaefer <rschaefe@gcfn.org>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@netbsd.org>
List: tech-smp
Date: 06/29/2002 15:34:10
> Anyone running the MP branch on this hardware? I've got an opportunity to
> pick one up at the same time as I need a PPPoE <> Real Ethernet bridge, but
> if I have to let three processors idle, there isn't any reason to buy it.
So, the netfinity 7000 appears to be a quad pentium pro. While I
haven't heard specifically about IBM systems, we boot on
several other 4xPPro machines.
Some of my smp development is done on a compaq 4x200mhz pentium pro.
Bottom line: while I haven't heard of results on this specific model,
the existing MP branch is known to work on similar machines and has a
good chance of working as-is; if it doesn't, i'd like to hear bug
reports.
- Bill