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On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 08:48:08PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> I'm installing Gentoo on a brand new toy I just got myself. Here are |
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> the choices from "make menuconfig". Is "Core 2/newer Xeon" correct? |
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> ( ) Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8 |
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> ( ) Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon |
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> (X) Core 2/newer Xeon |
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> ( ) Intel Atom |
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> ( ) Generic-x86-64 |
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> Here's the listing for one of the cores from /proc/cpuinfo |
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> vendor_id : GenuineIntel |
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> cpu family : 6 |
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> model : 37 |
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> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz |
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You can also use this patch which adds support for modern (>=gcc-4.6) CPU |
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options to the kernel: |
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http://www.linuxforge.net/linux/kernel/kernel-30rc5-gcc46-0.patch -- you can |
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get Intel Core i7 and Intel Core i7 AVX choices in your kernel. |
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Bruce |
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662-269-2706 662-205-6424 |
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http://happypenguincomputers.com/ |
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. |
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
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A: Top-posting. |
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Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? |
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Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting |
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