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From: Kelly Hirai <kelly@×××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:07:26
Message-Id: 4A3163F2.3010201@met.fsu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU by Paul Hartman
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4 the N270 is a single core with hyperthreading, which will apear as 2
5 cpus (with the same core id) in dmesg.
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10 Paul Hartman wrote:
11 > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Maxim Wexler<maxim.wexler@×××××.com> wrote:
12 >> Hi group,
13 >>
14 >> Been tracking down other's kern config for 900A w/ N270 Atom cpu and
15 >> notice, so far, everyone goes for CONFIG_SMP=y. Why, particularly when
16 >> most commenters stress keeping the kernel as slim as possible?
17 >>
18 >> In the <help> window we have 'If you have a system with only one CPU,
19 >> like most personal computers, say N.' As far as I know the 900A has
20 >> only one CPU, unless there is some sort of virtual one I haven't heard
21 >> of yet.
22 >
23 > Does the CPU have multiple cores? If so, that's probably why.
24 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config for eee w/Atom N270 CPU Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>