On Wed, 26 May 1999, Dylan A. Loomis wrote:
> I haven't been able to find a specific answers to some of these questions in
> the FAQ, so here goes. Will linux with SMP support:
>
> Running with:
> two (2) pentium II
Yes.
> four (4) pentium II
No.
> two (2) pentium III
Yes.
> four (4) pentium III
No.
> two (2) pentium II Xeon
Yes.
> four (4) pentium II Xeon
Yes.
> two (2) pentium III Xeon
Yes.
> four (4) pentium III Xeon
yes
> two (2) Alpha
unknown to me...
>
> If not, is it a limitation of Linux or the processor?
processors. Only the xeons can go beyond 2-way SMP.
>
> What I've seen _seems_ to suggest that all of the above should be supported
> but I'd like to know if anyone has this running? If you have any of the above
> running with linux-SMP and wouldn't be adverse to discussing your experience
> please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or post to this list.
>
> In addition I'd be interested to know what interface cards people have working,
> how much trouble they were to get working. Especially 100BT and Myrinet. Also
> large memory configs i.e. 1GB to 2GB of memory. The literature I've seen
> suggests that this is possible with minor kernel modifications.
I use Intel Etherexpress Pro 100's with zero problems of any kinds in
duals and quad boxes.
2 gigs of ram is doable... more is likely not a good idea... You will
need to do some hand editing to make it work...
>
> The intended application is a beowulf cluster running MPI.
>
> thanks in advance -DAL-
>
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