7/19    I'm thinking about buying a Athlon MP system to run FreeBSD (and
        perhaps OpenBSD). Does anyone know if there are issues with
        FreeBSD on Athlon MP systems?  If so, are these related to specific
        motherboards or processor versions? TIA.
        \_ Save your money.  Why buy an MP system?  You don't need it unless
           you know you need it in which case you probably already know the
           issues.  I own AMD stock but not enough to ask you to waste your
           money buying their product.  ;-)
           \_ Let's assume he has a good reason to get an MP....  I know
              that Linux runs well on an AMD dual-A-MP system.  Very well.
              \_ Well there's a big difference between "can run well" and
                 "worth spending a few hundred extra bucks on it".  Anyway,
                 the answer to any freebsd questions are most likely to be
                 found at http://freebsd.org on one of their archived newsgroups.
        \_ I can't install FreeBSD on my Via chipset.  That was 4.4
        \_ The thread "Recommended MP development machines..." archived at
           http://docs.FreeBSD.org/mail/archive/2002/freebsd-current
           20020707.freebsd-current.html has recommendations by current
           FreeBSD hackers. -- twohey
                \_ shortcut at http://csua.org/u/a3
           \_ Thanks, this is just what I was looking for.