> ALAN: Am I right in thinking that there's a known bug in the P54C
> processor regarding its use in SMP configurations, and one needs the
> P55C (Px/MMX) processor as a minimum for reliable SMP operation?
No.
In fact most pentium era SMP boards cannot support MMX processors, and many
processors of that era have both SMP certified and non SMP certified CPU
variants. The SMP certified ones have to be similar steppings in some cases
to work.
Life in the PII era is way way simpler.
Alan
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