Messages in this thread | | | From | "Antwerpen, Oliver" <> | Subject | RE: [Semi-OT] Dual Athlon support in kernel | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 08:03:18 +0200 |
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Moin Mike,
> From: Mike A. Harris [mailto:mharris@opensourceadvocate.org] > > Would the current state of athlon support be considered stable? > I've got a colleague interested in getting a dual athlon box, and > I'll be making the decision as to what hardware to purchase. I'm > wondering is dual Athlon viable for a business solution right > now, or is it considered "experimental"?
I don't know if anyone can say if it's stable, as there are no dual Athlon boxes out there yet.
> What hardware would be recommended for a dual CPU system that > needs to be fairly rock solid? Should I recommend to stay with > the P-III Xeon? Or something else? What issues would I expect > to have to deal with if going with a dual Athlon?
AFAIK Tyan is the only manufacturer building such a board (Thunder K7 / S2562) right now. This will use AMD's 760MP Chipset with DDR memory support up to 4GB, 5 64bit PCI slots, AGP pro, dual NIC (3c920), U160SCSI (aic7899). The launch for dual Athlon is planned for June 4th. If this will be rock-solid will be shown in the first weeks of Q3.
I am also highly interested in information about dual Athlon (which kernel/compiler/tools to use?), as we will get a dual Athlon sample before the launch.
Olli
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