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On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 12:16 +0200, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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> Am Donnerstag 28 Juni 2007 08:05 schrieb Hemmann, Volker Armin: |
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> > On Donnerstag, 28. Juni 2007, Fernando Boaglio wrote: |
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> > > Hi guys, |
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> > > |
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> > > I bought a new X2 4000 processor and I have 2 questions: |
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> > > |
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> > > -- can I use the same cooler (my processor uses the deprecated Socket |
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> > > 939) ? |
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> > no. Btw, the if you buy 'the real thing' the dual cores come with a nice |
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> > self-regulating cooler. And this boxed cpus are not much more expensive |
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> > than a single cpu. |
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> > |
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> > > -- should I change a lot of attributes in my kernel .config file? |
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> > |
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> > enable smp. The rest should be fine. You can but don't have to enable |
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> > multicore support. Don't enable numa. Have acpi enabled. |
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> Shouldn't he set the timer frequency to 250 or 300 as well? |
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Not if it's going to be a desktop. Hires timers are not common in |
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x86_64 in the kernel yet (no tickless support) so for now 1000 is still |
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best for desktops. |
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Daniel |
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