On Thursday, November 24, 2011 02:58:53 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: > On Thu, 2011-11-24 at 09:23 -0600, Jeff Epler wrote: > ... snip > > > The SMP version actually works on single-threaded CPUs, but requires a > > hardware feature called "APIC". Information on the internet indicated > > that Microsoft made APIC a requirement for receiving the Windows logo > > in 2001, so we judged that this would not be problematic. However, > > the difficulties encountered by our users indicate that this may have > > been the wrong decision. > > > > In 2012, what decision should we make? Should we make it with 2000 > > hardware in mind? 2008? 2012? 2014? It's a tough call to make, > > especially when we'll probably test on less than a dozen machines > > before committing to a course that we'll have to follow over the next > > 2+ years. > > ... snip > > So, if I have a UP motherboard and upgrade to 10.04, which pulls SMP and > APIC. I might be able to fix my system by learning how to compile my > kernel and select UP instead of SMP? > > Or, just upgrade to an SMP motherboard? > > Upgrading the motherboard would be fine, but it would be nice to have > this issue made more clear up front. It's not that I don't realize I'm > freeloading on others work with EMC2, but it would be nice to avoid > these snakes-in-the-grass. Plus these snakes could give EMC2 and Linux > the reputation of being only for geeks.
A very valid point IMO. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. -- Aristotle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
