[olug] Dual Athlon MP info

[Will Langford]

This is a bit late... sorry... busy busy at work.

Other than cooling and VRM/terminator stuff already mentioned, there's
only one concern.

Dual CPU really shouldn't be much of an issue. Just keep an eye out
for any linux device drivers that aren't SMP friendly.  BackInTheDay
it used to be a real problem.  Other than that, I've had little issue
with Linux on a dual or quad system, and a friend has run it on an 8
proc sun system with no issues.

Remember to make -j 3 :)

-Will

On 6/5/05, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Certainly worth checking out.  I've got BeOS 4.5 and
> 5, neither of which will run on my newer systems, and
> my older one is running as my server.  I love Be, and
> it was a sad day when they closed down.
> 
> --- Cale at yahoo.com,
> UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS at .SYNTAX-ERROR. wrote:
> 
> > In BeOS it's out-of-the-box support for up to 8
> > CPU's. Works seamlessly, but
> > most Linux distros I've tried do all or most of the
> > hard part for you anymore
> > so you really don't ever notice much.
> >
> > I'm currently piecing together a Proliant quad
> > P-Pro, not because it's new
> > and fast but because it's a cheap testbed for
> > Haiku's SMP performance. Haiku
> > is the opensource replacement for BeOS r5. It's
> > coming along quite well. Uses
> > the NewOS kernel writen by Travis Geiselbrecht, an
> > ex-Be Inc. software
> > engineer.
> >
> > Very much like the original BeOS kernel in design
> > and it's multi-threading
> > and multi-procc. capabilities. With testing we hope
> > to keep as close to the
> > original as we can in as many ways as possible.
> > Hopefully we'll add the cross
> > -platform PPC implementation of the original BeOS.
> > When running, it's hard to
> > tell the two versions apart for most casual users.
> > The NewOS kernel will
> > already bring with it at least partial abilitiy to
> > also run on Hitachi SH-4,
> > and with luck Travis' planned support for the
> > UltraSPARC IIe, MIPs 5000,
> > Alpha, and ARM.
> >
> > It's nice to be able to zip a multi-mega or gigabyte
> > file while emptying the
> > trash of a gig or 2 WHILE you're surfing the
> > internet or maybe even burning a
> > CD! SMP for me! It's the only way to fly!
> >
> > Cale
> >
> >
> > >Looks like I'm getting a dual cpu board(tyan k7x w/
> > cpus(1800MP) and 512MB
> > >ram, oh and a 1U chassis PSU.
> > >
> > >OK, so i'm getting it in the mail in a few days,
> > and I have the intentions
> > of
> > >putting a light slack on an older scsi 160 raid 0,1
> > array, and running my
> > >verlihub on it...sending to colo in chicago on a
> > shared 100Mb.
> > >
> > >I've neva tuned a dual cpu machine before, is there
> > anything I need to know
> > >thats really differnt than a single machine?   I
> > intend on putting in
> > atleast
> > >1 more GB of ram before i send her off into the
> > unknown.
> > >Thx in advance.
> > >
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