Re: FC4 - What is smp kernel?

From: Hoffmann (oasf2004_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/31/05

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    --- Chris Ruprecht <chris@ruprecht.org> wrote:

    > On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 16:42 -0700, Hoffmann wrote:
    > > Hi All;
    > >
    > > When I installed FC4, I noticed that I have two
    > > kernels: one of them is the 'normal' one, the
    > other is
    > > 'smp'. What is the difference, and which one
    > should I
    > > use? Should I uninstall one of them?
    > > Thanks!
    > > Hoffmann
    > >
    > >
    >
    > Usually, the installer installs and shows the SMP
    > kernels only if it
    > detects multiple CPUs of some sort. If you have a
    > newer machine with
    > either more than one real CPU, a dual core CPU or a
    > CPU with
    > HyperThreading (HT) enabled.
    >
    > If you have any of theose, no not remove the SMP
    > kernel(s), otherwise
    > you will only be able to use one of the CPUs.
    >
    > To check if your system has more than one CPU, run
    > 'top' and press the
    > '1' button, that will show individual timings for
    > each CPU.
    >
    > Best regards,
    > Chris
    >
    > --
    Hi Chris,

    Many thanks for your explanation. Yes, my machine has
    the new Intel D processor. It is a dual core
    processor. Since I am a bit newbie on linux, I didn't
    know what kernel-smp mean. Thanks to you and to other
    people from this great list, now I know.
    Many thanks, once again.
    All the best,
    Hoffmann

                    
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