Re: Linux 2.4.33 on Dell Workstation

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:35:15 -0800, Lancer wrote:

Hi.
I'm using a Dell workstation with 2x2.8GHz Intel Xeon (old generation,
based on P4 I suppose...) and 3GB RAM.
I've seen in the kernel configuration that the cpu is set to 486!
If I want to recompile, how to set cpu in the kernel and memory for max
performance with my workstation?
Many thanks

Do a make gconfig and then select the Processor Type and Family. Under that
menu item you'll find a sub menu, Processor Family. Select P4/Xeon. Also
make sure that you select Symmetric Multiprocessing Support.

Is there any reason that you are using a 2.4.x kernel and not a 2.6.x
kernel? Your hardware is pretty decent, there is no reason why you
couldn't be running the most recent version of Linux. The fact that you
are interested in compiling your own kernels indicates that you probably
aren't doing this in a corporate environment where you might be wedded to
RHEL3 (which is 2.4 based). The modern distros all use a 2.6.x kernel.
Fedora Core 6 is now running a 2.6.19.x which is the most recent kernel.
.

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