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Subject: RE: Intel I860
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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:48:46 -0600
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From: "Marvin Justice" <Mjustice@boxxtech.com>
To: <n0ano@indstorage.com>,
        =?iso-8859-1?Q?Achim_Kr=FCmmel?= <akruemmel@dohle.com>
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Different i860. I think he may be referring to one of these, eg.,
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderi860.html. 

I've booted a recent Linux kernel on this board and, aside from the
unbalanced interrupts previously mentioned, it seemed ok. Then again, I
didn't do any load stressing that might reveal potential failures.


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> -----Original Message-----
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> n0ano@indstorage.com
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:28 PM
> To: Achim Kr?mmel
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Intel I860
> 
> 
> Achim-
> 
> Uh, what exactly do you think you have here?  The I860 was a
> completely new architecture that Intel dropped over 5 years
> ago.  I've got one running Unix SVR4 in my basement but you
> can't buy an I860 motherboard today.
> 
> (For the record the 860 was a great architecture for the time
> and I'm still bitter that Intel dropped it but that's a different
> story.)
> 
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 03:43:37PM +0100, Achim Kr?mmel wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have to setup a fast Linux Server for a database application.
> > I would like to use a Mainboard for 2 Pentium4 CPUs for this.
> > I found such a board with a Intel I860 chip. Is this chip
> > supported by the current Kernel v2.4.14 or will I get problems
> > with this board and Linux?
> > 
> > many thanks,
> > 
> >    Achim Kruemmel
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