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On Wednesday 06 September 2006 14:39, Friedrich Göpel wrote: |
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> On 9/6/06, Paul Stear <gentoo@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > I am wondering if I should run x86 an an athlon 64. I am upgrading my |
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> > win box to athlon x2 4600 and I'll use the old athlon 64 for gentoo. |
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> > Does using x86 make the 64 athlon act as 2 processors (what config is |
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> > needed) If it will act like 2 processors is that faster or slower than |
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> > using the 64 setup? |
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> Running 64 or 32 bit kernel and/or userland has absolutely nothing to |
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> do with enabling smp support in the kernel, which seems to be what you |
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> meant. |
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Perhaps I didn't express myself correctly. |
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I thought that you could rum an athlon 64 as 2 32's enabling smp and |
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installing all programs under x86. |
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If this is correct I would like to know the correct steps to take. i.e. would |
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I need to start from scratch or use my current setup and compile the kernel |
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(as what?) |
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Paul |
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