| Stephen Gran on 20 Oct 2006 10:16:39 -0000 |
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 07:45:22PM -0400, Mark M. Hoffman said: > Hello: > > * Stephen Gran <steve@lobefin.net> [2006-10-19 15:44:52 +0100]: > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 10:20:44AM -0400, Toby DiPasquale said: > > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 02:18:08PM +0000, Jabberwocky wrote: > > > > I'm about to purchase a new laptop, and I'm looking at the Intel Dual > > > > Core processors. Any gotchas with installing Linux on these chips? > > > > > > Just one. If you want to use both CPUs, make sure you're using an > > > SMP-enabled kernel. > > > > In >= 2.6.18, there is no longer a difference. SMP is detected at boot > > time. > > Oh yes there is still a difference. Where did you read that? You no longer need to build different kernels for SMP and non-SMP systems. The kernel now detects if it is running on an SMP system or not. Of course there are differences. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | The all-softening overpowering knell, | | steve@lobefin.net | The tocsin of the soul, -- the dinner | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | bell. -- Lord Byron | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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