Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:19:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:19:35 -0400 Received: from [209.195.52.30] ([209.195.52.30]:11043 "HELO [209.195.52.30]") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 18:19:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 13:58:50 -0700 (PDT) From: David Lang To: Robert Love cc: Timur Tabi , Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone? In-Reply-To: <1002665547.1543.123.camel@phantasy> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org actually (having had my hands on 1.2GHz t-bird and MP boxes) the MP does appear to be noticably faster per clock then the t-bird version. the new XP is supposed to be the same core as the MP (just different marketing) as I understand things. David Lang On 9 Oct 2001, Robert Love wrote: > Date: 09 Oct 2001 18:12:26 -0400 > From: Robert Love > To: Timur Tabi > Cc: Linux Kernel List > Subject: Re: Dual Athlon XP 1800+ on Tyan Thunder K7 or Tiger MP anyone? > > On Tue, 2001-10-09 at 17:52, Timur Tabi wrote: > > Dieter N?tzel wrote: > > > > > Has anybody some numbers, yet? > > > > I was under the impression that only the Athlon MP CPUs could be used in SMP > > systems, and the fastest one is still 1.2GHz. > > It seems that any Athlon (even Durons) work fine in SMP configurations. > (Although I don't recommend this for stability). > > Most people using dual Athlons are probably using the higher speed but > cheaper Athlon parts with no problem. > > I have heard conflicting reports of what is actually different about the > MP vs non-MP parts, with points ranging from "the MP parts are just > certified" to that MP actually has some different internals. Whatever > the case, I suppose the difference isn't earth-shattering and mostly > marketing (ala Intel). > > Robert Love > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/