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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:51:11 +0530
From: "Sunil Naidu" <akula2.shark@gmail.com>
To: "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: Choosing a HyperThreading/SMP/MultiCore kernel ?
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On 1/12/07, Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
> I would expect any distribution should work on these (as long as the
> kernel they use isn't too old.).  Of course if it is a Mac, you need a
> distribution that supports their firmware (which is of course not a PC
> bios).  As long as you can boot it, any i386 or amd64 kernel with smp
> enabled should use all the processors present (well amd64 on the
> core2duo and on the p4 if it is em64t enabled).

It is not a Mac here, IBM Workstation. I can see the Processor as
Pentium 4 CPU 3. GHz (family 15, model 4). How to know EM64T enabled,
any command?

Trying to understand, should I set CPUSETS=y and SCHED_MC=y Or ignore them.

> I believe the closest optimization for a Core2 is probably the Pentium M
> (certainly not the P4/netburst).  Not entirely sure though.
>

Yep, this ia a MacBookPro. I have decided about the distro. I did ask
this doubt when I got for the custom kernel compilation from source
after installation.

What I have seen in KConfig is, MPENTIUM4 used for the Xeon processor
too. I would try this soon on my Laptop (with SMP since it's a
Core2Duo). Anyway, shall post here.

> --
> Len Sorensen

Thanks,

~Sunil
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