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by **Li Tak Sin** » Sun, 24 Aug 1997 04:00:00

Dear all,

We are considering buying a dual pentium pro/II motherboard. Any
suggestion about which one to go? Can Linux support dual CPU?
Is gcc capable of multithread programming?

Thanks in advance.

T.S.

by **Justin Bandhol** » Tue, 26 Aug 1997 04:00:00

> Dear all,

> We are considering buying a dual pentium pro/II motherboard. Any
> suggestion about which one to go? Can Linux support dual CPU?
> Is gcc capable of multithread programming?

> Thanks in advance.

Linux kernels 2.0.30(the latest) does support dual cpu's quite well.
Linux does support the POSIX multithreading standard and gcc will
compile multithreaded programs.

As for the motherboard I could not really help you out. It depends
how you are going to use your machine, workstation or server. If you
are
doing mission critical work then purchasing a server from a reputable
manufacturer would be the best solution.

I think my brand suggestions would be a little biased.

Justin Bandholz

by **Steven McCol** » Sat, 06 Sep 1997 04:00:00

Go with the Intel motherboard. Linux does support SMP and I am sure gcc
does multithread programming (we do multithread programming with gcc and
a dual sparc 20, so I'd assume Linux would work the same)..

Steve

: Dear all,

: We are considering buying a dual pentium pro/II motherboard. Any
: suggestion about which one to go? Can Linux support dual CPU?
: Is gcc capable of multithread programming?

: Thanks in advance.

: T.S.

by **Donovan Read** » Tue, 09 Sep 1997 04:00:00

> Go with the Intel motherboard. Linux does support SMP and I am sure gcc
> does multithread programming (we do multithread programming with gcc and
> a dual sparc 20, so I'd assume Linux would work the same)..

> Steve

> : Dear all,

> : We are considering buying a dual pentium pro/II motherboard. Any
> : suggestion about which one to go? Can Linux support dual CPU?
> : Is gcc capable of multithread programming?

> : Thanks in advance.

> : T.S.

You may also choose to investigate Asus. We are currently building dual
P-II servers with the P65-UP5 baseboard. Interestingly, the P-II
daughtercard has jumpers defined for up to 66x8, for 528Mhz clocks!

--

Donovan Ready,
Lindsay Computer Systems
http://www.jumpnet.com/~lcs

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