> If you intend to run multiple processors, you are limited to intel
> processors. most likley you are limited to 4 pentium 200s. since it is
> socket 5 you can not use pentium MMX chips without a converter, and
> (someone please correct me if I am wrong) these converters may kill the
> SMP capability. with the exception of the AMD K7, intel chips are the
> only x86 chips that can do SMP. I believe that the K5/K6 used an openPIC
> that would theoreticaly allow SMP, but no board uses this. as far as the
> computer itself, I'm not sure if it can reliably do SMP in Linux. I think
> that the intel chipsets support for socket5/7 is 2 processors, so it must
> use a non-intel chipset.
Not necessarily. I have seen similar setups before, particularly on ALR
machines. They try to cheat. They use two set of dual processors, and
another set of phantom processors inbeween. So, don't be surprised if your
machine starts reporting six CPUs or something wierd like that.
> It will probably be difficult to get this working because you would need
> to find two to four MATCHED pentium chips. the non-mmx chips are getting
> hard to find now, and matched chips are even harder to find.
> (matched=same or similar CPU stepping, look in /proc/cpuinfo)
But OverDrives just might work, and they are often easier to find...
Gordan
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