Question about kernel naming scheme
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi. kernel-image-2.4.17-586tsc What does the tsc stand for? Thanks - -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | || ! Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary...| !Dr. Dean Adell(sp?) ! ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8PybLjTz5dS9Us5wRAp4zAJ9WQrRw3mtqOuQaHSbOHzifqoqCrACfet40 +c6qZa9zJS30ol6qtpwIHRk= =hGxH -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Question about kernel naming scheme
Quoting Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): kernel-image-2.4.17-586tsc What does the tsc stand for? I don't know for sure wat 'tsc' stands for, but additional version information tells you what options are compiled in the kernel or what patches are used to create the kernel. Like this: 2.4.17-smp-ext3-grsecurity Tells you the kernel is a SMP (Dual Processor) kernel, with ext3 patches and the grsecurity patch. Regards, Sander. -- | 50 Fun Things to Do in an Elevator #51 | Look in your hand bag and ask if your imaginary friend is ok | 1024D/08CEC94D - 34B3 3314 B146 E13C 70C8 9BDB D463 7E41 08CE C94D
Re: Question about kernel naming scheme
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 11 January 2002 01:13 pm, Sander Smeenk wrote: Quoting Ron Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): kernel-image-2.4.17-586tsc What does the tsc stand for? I don't know for sure wat 'tsc' stands for, but additional version information tells you what options are compiled in the kernel or what patches are used to create the kernel. Like this: 2.4.17-smp-ext3-grsecurity Tells you the kernel is a SMP (Dual Processor) kernel, with ext3 patches and the grsecurity patch. So... anyone know what tsc means? - -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | || ! Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary...| !Dr. Dean Adell(sp?) ! ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8PzxgjTz5dS9Us5wRAkX2AJ9lYaOCJRqgbnb1jSCuPthL+2i8rgCghC71 m0gtw8vTRXFWbIOr7c4PxI4= =jUPD -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Question about kernel naming scheme
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:26:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote (1.00): So... anyone know what tsc means? Time Stamp Counter. An instruction was added in the Intel Pentium line called RDTSC, which you can use for high resolution timing, performance monitoring, etc. From what I can tell, if you have a 586 class CPU that supports the RDTSC instruction, you're better off with the tsc kernel, otherwise you'll be fine without it. From reading the kernel's Configure.help, however, it looks like if you have a Pentium Classic, Pentium MMX, AMD K5, K6, K6-3d, or Cyrix III you have this instruction. M
Re: Question about kernel naming scheme
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 11 January 2002 01:44 pm, Mark Ferlatte wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:26:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote (1.00): So... anyone know what tsc means? Time Stamp Counter. An instruction was added in the Intel Pentium line called RDTSC, which you can use for high resolution timing, performance monitoring, etc. From what I can tell, if you have a 586 class CPU that supports the RDTSC instruction, you're better off with the tsc kernel, otherwise you'll be fine without it. From reading the kernel's Configure.help, however, it looks like if you have a Pentium Classic, Pentium MMX, AMD K5, K6, K6-3d, or Cyrix III you have this instruction. Ah. Thanks. This old dog is a Cyrix II, so I'd better use the plain old -386 image. You'd think that there would be a plain old -586 image. Oh, well. That's what kernel-package is for... - -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | || ! Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary...| !Dr. Dean Adell(sp?) ! ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8P0KcjTz5dS9Us5wRAr1wAJ9gaYKXC80R7Jdx3Akez2IDi3ZVqgCcCIPQ pCHmRigxrG4cxnhigz9HEbw= =pjGx -END PGP SIGNATURE-
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:53:00PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | || ! Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary...| !Dr. Dean Adell(sp?) ! ++ Dr. Dean Edell (an extremely annoying person IMO). -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton pgpcGwUOsN2iH.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OT [was:Re: Question about kernel naming scheme]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 11 January 2002 06:50 pm, Nathan E Norman wrote: On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:53:00PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | ! Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary...| !Dr. Dean Adell(sp?) ! ++ Dr. Dean Edell (an extremely annoying person IMO). Yeah, but it's a great quote. - -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org | || ! Millions of Chinese speak Chinese, and it's not | ! hereditary...| !Dr. Dean Edell ! ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8P5wmjTz5dS9Us5wRAtKVAJ0WLuYu9frMnMzgRLD6i0hee7LxQwCfQDV6 6H7vy8u8olUXagmSq6YEZe0= =wv26 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
