Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU

2009-06-12 Thread Florian Philipp
Paul Hartman schrieb: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Kelly Hirai wrote: >> the N270 is a single core with hyperthreading, which will apear as 2 >> cpus (with the same core id) in dmesg. > > Ah, I forgot about hyperthreading masquerading as multiple CPUs. In > that case, Maxim can safely disabl

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU

2009-06-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Kelly Hirai wrote: > the N270 is a single core with hyperthreading, which will apear as 2 > cpus (with the same core id) in dmesg. Ah, I forgot about hyperthreading masquerading as multiple CPUs. In that case, Maxim can safely disable SMP if he wants to. I don't kn

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU

2009-06-11 Thread Florian Philipp
Maxim Wexler schrieb: > On 6/11/09, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: >>> Hi group, >>> >>> Been tracking down other's kern config for 900A w/ N270 Atom cpu and >>> notice, so far, everyone goes for CONFIG_SMP=y. Why, particularly when >>> most commenters

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU

2009-06-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > On 6/11/09, Paul Hartman wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: >>> Hi group, >>> >>> Been tracking down other's kern config for 900A w/ N270 Atom cpu and >>> notice, so far, everyone goes for CONFIG_SMP=y. Why, particu

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU

2009-06-11 Thread Kelly Hirai
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 the N270 is a single core with hyperthreading, which will apear as 2 cpus (with the same core id) in dmesg. k. Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> Hi group, >> >> Been tracking down other's kern config for 9

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU

2009-06-11 Thread Maxim Wexler
On 6/11/09, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: >> Hi group, >> >> Been tracking down other's kern config for 900A w/ N270 Atom cpu and >> notice, so far, everyone goes for CONFIG_SMP=y. Why, particularly when >> most commenters stress keeping the kernel as s

Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU

2009-06-11 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Maxim Wexler wrote: > Hi group, > > Been tracking down other's kern config for 900A w/ N270 Atom cpu and > notice, so far, everyone goes for CONFIG_SMP=y. Why, particularly when > most commenters stress keeping the kernel as slim as possible? > > In the window we h

[gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU

2009-06-11 Thread Maxim Wexler
Hi group, Been tracking down other's kern config for 900A w/ N270 Atom cpu and notice, so far, everyone goes for CONFIG_SMP=y. Why, particularly when most commenters stress keeping the kernel as slim as possible? In the window we have 'If you have a system with only one CPU, like most personal c