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On 9/6/06, Paul Stear <gentoo@××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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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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Hi, |
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I'm not sure I understand you right, but you can use both cores no |
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matter if you run 32 or 64 bit. |
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To do that you just have to enable SMP support in the processor |
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configuration menu of the kernel configuration (make menuconfig), and |
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also Multicore scheduling support in the same menu, which just makes |
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it do a better job at making scheduling decisions. |
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Then you just restart and see it's working through getting 2 penguins |
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at the beginning or doeing cat /proc/cpuinfo and seeing 2 processors. |
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And whether you use 32 or 64 bit fully depends on if you used the x86 |
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or the amd64 cd and stages to install gentoo. |
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Apparently there is not much difference in performance, personally I |
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went 64 bit because I found it silly to buy a 64 bit processor and |
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then not use it fully, and apart from flash there's really nothing at |
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all not working. |
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(technically you can get flash to work if you don't mind using a 32 |
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bit browser as well ie. firefox-bin) |
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I hope this helps. |
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> Paul |
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Cheers, |
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Friedrich Göpel |
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