If the install program sees two CPUs, it will install the SMP kernel. For
example, the kernel installed on our dual P3 Xeon box is 2.2.15-4mdksmp
(from LM7.1). As mentioned before, only multi-thread apps and apps
specifically written for SMP will run faster.
Who makes mobo for dual Athalons? I thought AMD said they won't have
SMP-capable Athalons until later this year.
Cheers,
Andy
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> From: abe[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 3:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Dual processors ??
>
> if you are running an SMP mandrake system will recompiling the software
> you use help it to use the SMP capabilities of the machine or not?
>
> You all have me curious now. My girlfriend wants a dual T-Bird system
> for her birthday this summer. This will be a strictly mandrake machine.
>
>
> Abe
>
>
> Tom Brinkman wrote:
> >
> > On Tuesday 09 January 2001 08:17 pm, Mark Weaver wrote:
> > > I'd be real interested in knowing about this too cause I've been
> > > toying with the same idea of building a dual processor system. Linux
> > > is all I run anymore. I'd be more concerned as to how the kernel
> > > would react to such a situation more then some of the apps on that
> > > system. I can't imagine how'd they'd really care whether there were 1
> > > or 10 processor.
> >
> > Well, i've never run SMP. From what I understand, a multi processor
> > system has no problems running software written for single proccessor
> > systems, but multi cpu systems won't run 'em any faster/better either.
> > The application has to be specifically written and compiled to take
> > advantage of multi proccessors ... and they're few and far between on
> > most all desktop systems.
> > --
> > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
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