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From: Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] core i5
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:06:51
Message-Id: 4C473DD8.2040401@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] core i5 by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 On 06/23/2010 01:59 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
2 > Am 23.06.2010 00:27, schrieb Bill Longman:
3 >
4 >> - core i7 @ 1.6GHz gives me eight threads. The RAM is really fast, too,
5 >> so the overall system is very responsive. Great power savings stuff.
6 >
7 > quite a plus with the box running for >10 hrs a day at least ...
8 >
9 >> - Haven't tried kvm but would probably work fine.
10 >
11 > I think so. Also the cpu-pinning ... I assume I could then assign one or
12 > more of the 8 (virtual) CPUs to a specific VM ... nice ...
13 >
14 >> - From /proc/cpuinfo:
15 >> address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
16 >>
17 >> That's only 8GB physical, but that's probably a reasonable limit at
18 >> the moment.
19
20 $ units -1 '2^36 byte' GiB
21 * 64
22
23 > I think I could live with this. 8 GB now are more than I currently ever
24 > need.
25
26 Remember, kids, always recheck your answers, use a number two pencil....

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