> Hello!
> My name is JAvier Loaiza, I have found that the linux server of my new job
> is using just one of the two processors it has. I'm going to recompile the
> linux kernel in order to use the complete power of the machine.
> I would like to know what release of linux you can advice me to install. At the
> moment it is running on a slackware distribution running on a 2.0.30
> kernel. I don't know whicho one is better to use..if kernel 2.0.36, or
> any kernel of 2.1.*. series.
>
> I would like to know too which of the standard development tools are
> recommended to compile again in order to make best use of the multiprocesor
>capabilities
> of the machine. It is a Hewlet-Packard NetServer LH Plus, with 2 pentium
> 75+ (166 Mhz), and 256 Mb Ram.
>
> Thank you
>
> Ciao.
>
>
I would personally suggest the late 2.1's or the new 2.2pre's that are
out. The only difficulty is that you have a lot of work ahead in that
you need to carefully check out /usr/src/linux/Documentatin/Changes to
see which things need upgrading to avoid lots and lots of frustration
and cursing.
The 2.0 (late) kernels have worked fine for me with dual processor
machines, but _not_ with quads. Since you are using a dual, you could
uncomment the #SMP=1 line in the Makefile and it should work. If you
go to newer kernels performance will be somewhat better, and some
devices may behave better. But don't forget the Changes file to see
what else has to be upgraded...
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