On 18-09-2009, Frantz Balinski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just bought a new PC (based on Intel I5 750 processor) -- it's not yet > here, but it will soon. So, I looked for some multicore 64bit processors > Debian portage, but founded none except ia64 with a monocore default > kernel. So, I will have to compile a new kernel (with SMP support). > > In the past (8-10 years ago), I already tried to compile the kernel to > add Amiga filesystems support (I still have ~512Mo of > datas/sources/etc... to get back from an old scsi disk), but the new > kernel never works after install/reboot. So, after 3-4 tries, I left. > > Multicore cpus are here since a few years, so why don't you set any > multicore kernels/distributions ready to use ? Strange :\ >
I think that there is no more monocore kernel in debian for i686/amd64. Every kernel for recent arches are always SMP. At least this is the case for my AMD Phenom x3 and Intel Core i7 920. Regards, Sylvain Le Gall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
