intel procressor, the same but different ??? will smp work ???

[j...@caamora.com.au]

greetings all,

i was wondering if i could get some answers to a question thats been
naging me for a while. i am about to build a 2 processor freebsd host.
it is a supermicro motherbard some 4 or 5 years old in design and a
pair of intel pentium pro (180 mhz kind) that i've gotten from a couple
of old p6 hosts that were "retired" because they could not keep up the
pace with the new microsoft windows incarnation, hence i got the
leftovers.

my question is will smp mmode wotk with similar but not identical type
microprocessors --- in this case pentium pro, 180 mhz, same l2 cache
same every thing i think but .. perhaps different step ??? i remember
that the step had to be the same or freebsd would really bomb badly.

please what is teh requirements to be running smp on intel hardware
these days ??

with much kind regards and thanks

much gratitude

jonathan

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[dne...@allantgroup.com]

In the last episode (Apr 12), jonathan michaels said:
> i was wondering if i could get some answers to a question thats been
> naging me for a while. i am about to build a 2 processor freebsd
> host. it is a supermicro motherbard some 4 or 5 years old in design
> and a pair of intel pentium pro (180 mhz kind) that i've gotten from
> a couple of old p6 hosts that were "retired" because they could not
> keep up the pace with the new microsoft windows incarnation, hence i
> got the leftovers.
>
> my question is will smp mmode wotk with similar but not identical
> type microprocessors --- in this case pentium pro, 180 mhz, same l2
> cache same every thing i think but .. perhaps different step ??? i
> remember that the step had to be the same or freebsd would really
> bomb badly.

Different steppings are usually okay. I ran a dual p6 system for a
couple of years with multiple CPUs at different times, all different
steppings.

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Dan Nelson
dne...@allantgroup.com