atom feed45 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-smpRe: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD?
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Adam StrohlNov 4, 1999 1:26 pm 
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Subject:Re: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD?
From:Rodney W. Grimes (free@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net)
Date:Nov 4, 1999 4:01:11 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-smp

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Scott,

the processors do NOT have to be the same stepping. it's just general practice to match the stepping of the cpu's when possible. I believe this has to do with the possibility of the clock rate varying slightly from stepping to stepping although I am not sure.

They do not have to be the same stepping, they must be MP comptabile steppings per the Intel Processor Errata Data Sheet. This applies to all Intel MP capible processors, from the P54 (Pentium) to the PIII Xeon.

Some combinations work, others do not.

Also they _should_ be MP tested chips, which can be determined by the S-spec number and other markings on the chip. On Pentium in is the last letter of the markings like SSS or VSS or VSU, last letter being U means only tested for UP operation, last letter being S means tested for MP operation.

Please do not answer questions you do not have the technical expertise to answer completely and correctly, it only leads to confusion.

----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Myron <zam@hsonline.net> To: <free@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 3:08 PM Subject: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD?

Hello. I want to get a Dual celeron going with freebsd as the OS. My question is, do the chips have to have the same stepping? I read somewhere that if the chips do NOT have the same stepping, it screws up,

and causes blue screens in NT, and i was wondering if anything similar happens in FreeBSD. I figure it'll be difficult to get 2 celerons with the same stepping. I am just planning on getting 2 retial ppga celeron 433's. I read somewhere else that "it was just a myth and the processors

do NOT have to have the same stepping." so i'm just searching for the truth. Thanks.

Scott

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