Re: Dual Xeon Kernel?

From: Simon Buchanan (simon_at_networker.co.nz)
Date: 11/30/04

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    Sorry... Im getting confused. I should be running this kernel. *right*?

    kernel-image-2.6.8-9-em64t-p4-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8
    on Intel EM64T SMP systems

    Simon Buchanan wrote:
    > Yep.. But the server i have is a dual xeon. Which is *NOT* 64bit -
    > right? Are you saying that the AMD64 is faster as an alternative for the
    > xeon?
    >
    > Ron Johnson wrote:
    >
    >> On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 16:00 +1300, Simon Buchanan wrote:
    >>
    >>> Is there a benifit to running in 64bit mode? This is a mail server
    >>> running postfix and DBmail.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> AMD64 is faster at most all CPU-bound operations. SpamAssassin
    >> tends to be CPU- and RAM-intensive, so maybe there would be some
    >> benefit. (In benchmarks, AMD64 is never *slower* than Athlon XP,
    >> but performs some benchmarks in the same amount of clock time.
    >>
    >> And, of course, if you're going to use a lot of 4GB+ of RAM, AMD64 is
    >> *the* way to go.
    >>
    >>
    >>> Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote:
    >>>
    >>>> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:38:43 +1300, Simon Buchanan
    >>>> <nmc@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>> Hi There,
    >>>>>
    >>>>> I am just about to install sarge onto a dual xeon (Nocona 800MHz FSB)
    >>>>> server... and just checking the kernel with 'atp-cache search
    >>>>> kernel-image'. Im wanting to use the 2.6 kernel... so would this be
    >>>>> the
    >>>>> correct kernel-image?:
    >>>>>
    >>>>> kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8 on
    >>>>> PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>> If you'd run it in 32bit mode, yes. Since it's a dual processor, get
    >>>> the SMP-enabled kernel
    >>>>
    >>>> If you're to run it in 64bit mode, you'd need to get the kernel
    >>>> compiled with amd64-generic/ em64t support (preferrably the
    >>>> SMP-enabled ones), then use the debian-amd64 port.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>
    >
    > 

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