George V. Neville-Neil writes: > Hi, > > I know everyone says "they all work" but i'd like some recommendations on > MP machines for -CURRENT work. I'll be ordering one this week. >
I'm in the market for a new SMP x86 workstation to replace my aging alpha desktop. What's the state of ACPI (or apm?) support for SMP machines on current? I'd like to be able to suspend the machine to reduce heat output and power consumption. Is it currently possible to do the moral equivalent of what a laptop's APM bios might call "suspend to memory on an SMP desktop?". Eg, all fans/disks stop spinning, CPUs halt, power consumption goes down to 5-10W, and the memory contents continue to be refreshed until you wake the machine up? Also, what's a commonly available quiet case? The alpha's got so many fans that I think I'm starting to go deaf and I'd like a much less noisy machine. Thanks, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
