Re: correct kernel for etch - i386 - intel celeron

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:09:38 +0200
Krzysztof Lubański <luban@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 19:17 +0100, slink wrote:
I got a new pc, celeron 2.6. [...]

Using expert install you are presented with 4 choices of kernel but
no hint as to the differences.

I chose ...

***@skutter:~$ uname -a
Linux skutter 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Wed May 9 23:03:12 UTC 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
[...]

Hi.

From what I remember, the installer lets you choose one of these
versions:

* 686 (optimized for Pentiums and Celerons)
* K7 (optimized for AMD Athlons and Durons)
* SMP versions of both (HyperThreading/multicore processors
etc., though these will run just fine if your box doesn't provide
Symmetric MultiProcessing)

I believe SMP stands for multi processor? [...]

Yup, as above.

could I have made a better choice, have I made the wrong choice?

No better choice here, since you've chosen 686. If you compile the
kernel yourself, though, you may choose Pentium-4 processor type. It
will trigger optimizing the code for newer processors, like the one
you have. "686" kernel from the official packages uses more
general/older optimizations, I think, because it's meant for Pentium
Pro upwards.

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Regards,
Krzysztof Lubanski



Thank you for the reply.

In the interests of providing the definitive answer I reinstalled to
the choices point.

They were ...

linux-image-2.6.18-4-686
linux-image-2.6.18-4-486
linux-image-2.6-686
linux-image-2.6-486

So did I chose correctly before with linux-image-2.6-18-4-686 on the
celeron 2.6?

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