Re: suitable kernel for amd64

I read a conversation about this topic on the developer list. I believe
they're planning on dropping brand specific kernel, because the performance
gains/losses are not noticable in everyday use. So if you use a 386, 686 or
k7 kernel, there should be no problem.

On 8/31/06, Luqman <luqman_ngs@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Felipe Alfaro Solana wanted us to know:

>> Currently, I am running kernel-image-2.6.15.25-386 on my laptop with
with AMD
>> Turion64 X2 processor. This kernel is per default shipped with
>> Ubuntu6.06 to make it work on any x386 processor. It, naturally, does
>> not support dual processors.
>
>If you want support for two processors do:
>
>sudo apt-get install linux-686-smp (this kernel does support SMP)

Well, I am a bit confused after your suggestion. I thought
linux-image-2.6.15.x-686 were meant to be specified for
PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
Processors.
>
>If you want full 64-bit support, download the Ubuntu Linux
>distribution for AMD64 processors. This distribution comes with a
>64-bit kernel for your machine.

No, I don't want 64-bit support. It won't pay off for me. But I want
dual processors support.

Question) Is the k7 linux-image from Ubuntu just a normal kernel-image
or does Ubuntu patch it's kernels before releasing?

Regards,

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